How to Write 糅 (róu) — Meaning “To mix”

Picture yourself mixing rice (米) with soft (柔) dough to make a blended food. The character literally combines "rice" and "soft," so you can link it to the action of mixing or blending soft ingredients with grain.

Keep the left radical 米 narrow and the right side 柔 balanced; the top of 柔 looks like a curved roof (矛) and the bottom is 木. A common mistake is making 米 too wide or forgetting the small dot on top of 柔, so practice the stroke order carefully: 米 first, then 柔's strokes from top to bottom.

粮 (liáng) means grain or food and uses 良 (good) on the right; 粱 (liáng) refers to a fine grain like sorghum and uses 梁 (beam). In contrast, 糅 uses 柔 (soft) and means to mix or blend. Visually, the right side of 糅 has a different top and bottom shape compared to 粮 and 粱, so look for the distinctive 柔 part.

糅 appears in formal or literary contexts, such as the words 糅合 (blend) and 杂糅 (mix together). It is not common in everyday conversation but is used to describe blending ideas, cultures, or artistic styles. For example, you might see it in articles about mixing Eastern and Western design elements.

Common words containing 糅 include: 糅合 (róu hé) — To blend; 杂糅 (zá róu) — to blend; to mix together; 糅杂 (róu zá) — To jumble together.