Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (雜)
Simplified (杂)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
雑
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
雑
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
雑
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
雑
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
雑
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
雑
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
雑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
杂 / 雜 [zá]
mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
Japanese
Korean
잡 [雜]
jap-; A prefix used to mean "several things being mixed" or "small, trivial, and thus insignificant."; jap-; A prefix used to mean "speaking or behaving rudely and violently" or "wild and not good."
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
雑 さいさき
Saisaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (126)
杂志 [zázhì] #1,214
magazine
复杂 [fùzá] #1,517
complicated
杂种 [zázhǒng] #1,962
hybrid
杂交 [zájiāo] #19,759
to hybridize
杂志社 [zázhìshè] #11,213
magazine publisher
杂货店 [záhuòdiàn] #8,125
grocery store
杂技 [zájì] #12,970
acrobatics
杂物 [záwù] #14,889
junk
杂草 [zácǎo] #17,935
weeds
夹杂 [jiāzá] #25,211
to mix together (disparate substances)
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 複雑 [ふくざつ] #1,259
complex
⭐ 混じる [まじる] #3,324
to be mixed
⭐ 雑誌 [ざっし] #3,654
magazine
⭐ 混ぜる [まぜる] #4,165
to mix
⭐ 混ざる [まざる] #4,629
to be mixed
⭐ 無造作 [むぞうさ] #5,466
easy
⭐ 交える [まじえる] #6,141
to mix
⭐ 雑談 [ざつだん] #6,209
chatting
⭐ 雑 [ざつ] #6,637
rough
⭐ 混雑 [こんざつ] #7,951
congestion
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KOREAN WORDS (19)
잡지 #4,879
magazine
잡기 #9,904
sundry crafts
잡담 #20,498
chat; idle talk; small talk
잡지사 #33,319
magazine company
번잡
troublesomeness; complexity
복잡성
complexity; complexness
잡념
idle thoughts; worthless thoughts
잡무
chores; miscellaneous work; odd jobs
잡비
sundry expenses; sundries; miscellaneous expenses
잡식
being omnivorous; mixed diet
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