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紊

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involved; tangled; disorderly; confused; chaotic; Taiwan pr. [wen4]

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
糸 +4
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
紊
Common rank
#4,602
Unicode
U+7D0A

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Formation & memory

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How 紊 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

糸 meaning “thread” + 文 sound ( wén )

Components 文 糸

Words with 紊

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
有条不紊 yǒu tiáo bù wěn regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
紊流 wěn liú turbulent flow
紊乱 wěn luàn disorder; chaos

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 文 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
文 sound part wén culture, literature, writing
纹 wén line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle
刘 liú to kill, to destroy; surname
蚊 wén mosquito, gnat
坟 fén grave, mound, bulge; bulging
汶 wèn a river in Shandong province
忞 mǐn to psych up; to steel one's nerves
玟 mín gem, jade-like stone
炆 wén to simmer, to cook over a slow fire
雯 wén cloud patterns; storm clouds