mixed, various

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
衣 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

集 sound component

  Sound component

  

gather, collect

Evolution

雜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
雜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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mixed, blended; mix, mingle; mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix

Most common words with 雜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杂志

magazine

复杂

complicated

杂种

hybrid

mixed

杂交

to hybridize