模糊
móhú · HSK 5
dim
🌫️ 模 = pattern/mold + 糊 = paste; a pasted-over pattern is blurry
模 means model or mold (think 模型 model); 糊 means paste or starch (think 糨糊 glue-paste). Together: a pattern smeared with paste, so outlines go indistinct — hence dim, fuzzy, blurred.
糊 — rice 米 + 胡 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 米 (rice) gives the meaning, since 糊 originally referred to rice paste or congee used as glue. 胡 supplies the sound. The meaning later extended to 'paste,' 'to stick,' and figuratively 'muddled' or 'blurred,' as in 糊涂.