杂

zá

mixed

miscellaneous; various; to mix

many (九) + tree (木) = mixed and miscellaneous

Nine (九) is an old Chinese stand-in for 'many,' so many trees crammed together evokes a jumbled, mixed-up thicket. The wood radical (木) grounds the idea in material variety rather than abstract number.

九+木→杂
九NineSemantic
木WoodSemantic

这个市场卖的东西很杂。

zhè ge shì chǎng mài de dōng xi hěn zá。

The things sold at this market are very mixed.

他脑子里的想法太杂,很难集中。

tā nǎo zi lǐ de xiǎng fǎ tài zá,hěn nán jí zhōng。

The thoughts in his head are too miscellaneous, making it hard to focus.

Words with 杂

参杂

cān zá

to mix

杂交

zá jiāo

to hybridize

杂居

zá jū

cohabitation (of different populations or races)

复杂性

fù zá xìng

complexity

杂物

zá wù

junk

杂家

zá jiā

Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]

疑难杂症

yí nán zá zhèng

dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine)

吵杂

chǎo zá

noisy

噪杂

zào zá

a clamor

错杂

cuò zá

mixed; jumbled

错综复杂

cuò zōng fù zá

tangled and complicated (idiom)

闲杂

xián zá

(employee) having no fixed duties

More characters with 九

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