混沌

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Old Chinese *guːnʔ duːnʔ. The variant 渾淪／浑沦 (húnlún) suggests that this perhaps came from *guːnʔ l̥uːnʔ ~ guːnʔ ruːnʔ, from **gruːnʔ, from the root *k(V)r- ("to flow > to mix > to be turbid, chaotic").

Related to 餛飩／馄饨 (húntun, “wonton”) and 雲吞／云吞 (yúntūn, “wonton”).

Compare 渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ), 混 (OC *ɡuːnʔ, “rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole”), Korean 흐르— (heureu-, “to flow; to float; to fill”), 흐리— (heuri-, “to be turbid, unclear, indistinct”), 흐릿하— (heuritha-, “to be vague, indistinct”).

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

混沌

  1. (Chinese mythology) Hundun (the unclear, confused and nebulous state of the primordial world)
  2. wholeness; inseparability
  3. unclearness; indistinctness; obscurity; vagueness; obfuscation
  4. silliness; stupidity
  5. (Chinese mythology) hundun (legendary faceless creature)
  6. (mathematics) chaos

Synonyms
  • (Hundun): (literary, figurative) 䒌靘 (mìngqìng)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (混沌):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 혼돈(混沌) (hondon)
  • → Vietnamese: hỗn độn (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Japanese
Kanji in this term
混 沌
こん
Grade: 5		 とん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
渾沌

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

Adjective

混(こん)沌(とん) • (konton) †-tari (adnominal 混(こん)沌(とん)とした (konton to shita) or 混(こん)沌(とん)たる (konton taru), adverbial 混(こん)沌(とん)と (konton to) or 混(こん)沌(とん)として (konton to shite))

  1. chaotic

Adverb

混(こん)沌(とん) • (konton) 

  1. chaotically

Noun

混(こん)沌(とん) • (konton) 

  1. chaos
    • 2014 March 8, “オシリスの天(てん)空(くう)竜(りゅう)”, in 決闘王の記憶 －決闘者の王国編－ [Memories of the Duel King: Duelist Kingdom Arc], Konami:
      天(てん)空(くう)に雷(らい)鳴(めい)轟(とどろ)く混(こん)沌(とん)の時(とき)、連(つら)なる鎖(くさり)の中(なか)に古(いにしえ)の魔(ま)導(どう)書(しょ)を束(たば)ね、その力(ちから)無(む)限(げん)の限(かぎ)りを誇(ほこ)らん。
      Tenkū ni raimei todoroku konton no toki, tsuranaru kusari no naka ni inishie no Madōsho o tabane, sono chikara mugen no kagiri o hokoran.
      Such power knows no bounds, it puts the ancient Sorcery Grimoires in tangling chains when chaos roars with thunder in the sky.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
混沌

Noun

混沌 • (hondon) (hangeul 혼돈)

  1. Hanja form? of 혼돈 (“chaos”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
混沌

Adjective

混沌

  1. chữ Hán form of hỗn độn (“chaotic; disorderly”).
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