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Kanji Detail for 紛 - "confused, dispute"

紛

  • Meaning

    紛 means "confused, dispute." Also associated with indistinguishable.

    1. Confused - Disordered; chaotic.

    2. Dispute - A conflict or argument.

    3. Indistinguishable - Hard to tell apart.

  • Words using 紛

    • 紛糾 ふんきゅう Listen complication; confusion; disorder
    • 紛失 ふんしつ Listen loss; going missing
    • 紛れ まぐれ Listen fluke; chance; pure luck
    • 紛れる まぎれる Listen to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into
    • 紛らわしい まぎらわしい Listen easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing
    • 紛らす まぎらす Listen to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.)
    • 紛れもない まぎれもない Listen unmistakable; evident; obvious

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    • Verified meaning: confused, dispute
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: indistinguishable

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    distract; be mistaken for; go astray; divert

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    in disorder, scattered, tangled

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    numerous; confused; disorderly

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tangled, scattered; numerous, confused

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Disordered. | Numerous. Such as saying 紛煩 (complicated), 紛紜 (varied and confusing).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fun(フン) フン

  • Kunyomi

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    magi.rasu(まぎ-らす) まぎ-らす

    magi.rawashii(まぎ-らわしい) まぎ-らわしい

    magi.rawasu(まぎ-らわす) まぎ-らわす

    magi.re(まぎ-れ) まぎ-れ

    magi.reru(まぎ-れる) まぎ-れる

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    confused dispute indistinguishable disguise entangle mingle mislead obscure quarrel confusion disorder chaos conflict commotion muddle

Sentences including 紛

  • I was too busy to write you.

  • Not a little money was lost.

  • They brought the trouble to an end.

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