• 雑誌ざっし — magazine
• 複雑ふくざつ — complicated
• 雑音ざつおん — noise
• 雑草ざっそう — weed
• 雑貨ざっか — miscellaneous goods

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The kanji 雑 originally described threads of many colors coming together, symbolizing things that are mixed or not uniform. It’s widely used to express variety, clutter, or a mix of different elements. From daily-use goods to abstract ideas like background noise or complexity, 雑 appears in many useful compounds.

彼女かのじょは 雑誌ざっしを 読よんでいます。
She is reading a magazine.

この部屋へやは 雑音ざつおんが 多おおいです。
This room has a lot of background noise.