wěn
confused
Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 紊
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
disorder | ||
regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged | ||
involved | ||
turbulent flow |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.9222% of movies
3096th most common character in movies
3113th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+7D0A |
Shuowen | “紊,亂也。从糸,文聲。《商書》曰:‘有條而不紊。’” |
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