Kanji 交 — "Mix"
Here is what 交 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Mix" stick.
Also means: Mingle
How it is read
こう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
まじ.わる, まじ.える, ま.じる, まじ.る, ま.ざる, ま.ぜる, -か.う, か.わす, かわ.す, こもごも
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Father put on a Top Hat and went to Mix with the crowd at the party — for the free food!
- ⼇ Top Hat
This is a Top Hat because it has a part in the middle that sticks up at the top. Try picking it up and wearing it.
- 父 Father
Your Father is tired from work. His eyebrows droop with exhaustion above his X-shaped mustache.
Words that use 交
12 of 21 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 交渉 こうしょう negotiation
- 交換 こうかん exchange, swap
- 交流 こうりゅう exchange; alternating current
- 交際 こうさい friendship, association, acquaintance
- 交番 こうばん police box
- 交差点 こうさてん intersection
- 交通 こうつう traffic, transportation
- 外交 がいこう diplomacy
- 交える まじえる to mix, to converse with, to cross (swords) (v.t.)
- 交わる まじわる to cross, to intersect, to mingle with,
- 交差 こうさ cross
- 交じる まじる to be mixed, to mingle with
Want 交 to still be there next month?
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