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紛

distract
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingフン
Kun readingまぎ.れる、-まぎ.れ、まぎ.らす、まぎ.らわす、まぎ.らわしい
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. distractRtK
    彼は闇に紛れて逃げ出した。He escaped under cover of darkness.tatoeba
    犯罪が増加していることは紛れもない事実だ。It cannot be denied that crime is on the increase.tatoeba
  2. be mistaken for
  3. go astray
  4. divert
    彼は音楽を聴いて気を紛らした。He diverted himself by listening to music.tatoeba
  1. to divert (e.g. one's mind)
  2. to distract
  3. to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.)
  4. to drown (one's sorrows)
  5. to beguile (the time)

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · part · eight (八) · sword (刀) · dagger (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1458

Compound words

紛糾ふんきゅう
complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute
紛失ふんしつ
loss; going missing
紛争ふんそう
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
紛れまぐれ
fluke; chance; pure luck
紛らすまぎらす
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time)
紛れるまぎれる
to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.)
紛らわしいまぎらわしい
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal
紛れもないまぎれもない
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
紛いまがい
imitation
紛擾ふんじょう
disturbance
紛諍ふんそう
dispute
繽紛ひんぷん
jumbled
珍紛漢ちんぷんかん
babble
言紛らすいいまぎらす
to equivocate
諸説紛々しょせつふんぷん
divergent opinions abound
諸説紛紛しょせつふんぷん
divergent opinions abound
人工受紛じんこうじゅふん
artificial pollination
地域紛争ちいきふんそう
regional conflict
紛骨砕身ふんこつさいしん
making one's best exertions
湾岸紛争わんがんふんそう
Gulf War
紛失するふんしつする
to lose
言い紛らすいいまぎらす
to equivocate

Additional Examples

内紛が党の分裂したもとです。
Strife is the rock on which the party split.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 紛

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