Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

紛: distract, be mistaken for

Also: go astray, divert

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 分 gives the sound

10 strokes

Five readings, and the words that use each

フンfun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 紛争ふんそう
  • 紛糾ふんきゅうcomplication; confusion; disorder
  • 紛失ふんしつloss; going missing

まぎれるmagireru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 紛れるまぎれるto disappear into; to be lost in

-まぎれ-magire · kun'yomi

  • 紛れもないまぎれもないunmistakable; evident; obvious

まぎらすmagirasu · kun'yomi

  • 紛らすまぎらすto divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract

まぎらわしいmagirawashii · kun'yomi

  • 紛らわしいまぎらわしいeasily mixed up (e.g. similar words)

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 紛れまぐれfluke; chance; pure luck

Also read まぎらわす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
More in the 糸 thread story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

All 71
分

Also built on part (分)

紛 takes the 分 family's reading, フン (fun).

Also read フン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
紛 distract · 分
vs紹 introduce · 召
紛 has 分 where 紹 has 召.
In ChineseSimplified 纷 · traditional, as in Japanese · fēn

Japan keeps the traditional form 紛; mainland China simplifies it to 纷.

Simplified
纷 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
紛 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fēn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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