雑 means “mixed, miscellaneous”

ざつ · zatsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

まじえる, まじる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ザツ, ゾウ

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 5 · 14 strokes

The story

Nine (九) trees (木) full of birds (隹): a noisy, jumbled flock. 雑 is mixed and miscellaneous: a 雑誌 is a magazine with a bit of everything, 複雑 is complicated, and 雑巾 is the rag for wiping floors.

Used in 雑誌 (zasshi, magazine), 複雑 (fukuzatsu, complicated), and 混雑 (konzatsu, congestion)

More from Ties & Differences

• 互 each other
• 似 resemble
• 緒 together
• 内 inside
• 相 mutual
• 関 connection
• 平 flat
• 共 together
• 交 cross
• 側 side
• 違 differ
• 差 difference

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