紛 – distract, be mistaken for, go astray

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#994 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 紛 means distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フン (fun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まぎ.れる、-まぎ.れ、まぎ.らす、まぎ.らわす、まぎ.らわしい (magireru, magire, magirasu, magirawasu, magirawashii). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フン	fun
Kun’yomi	まぎ.れる	magireru
Kun’yomi	-まぎ.れ	magire
Kun’yomi	まぎ.らす	magirasu
Kun’yomi	まぎ.らわす	magirawasu
Kun’yomi	まぎ.らわしい	magirawashii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・刀・ハ.

Words using 紛

紛失ふんしつloss紛争ふんそうdispute紛れるまぎれるto disappear into紛らわしいまぎらわしいeasily mixed up (e.g. similar words)

Example sentences

あなたのために紛失した指輪を探してあげましょう。

I will find you your lost ring.

Tatoeba #233506

紛争のない人間社会はありえない。

There can be no human society without conflict.

Tatoeba #83697

私の手紙は郵送中にどこかに紛れてしまったに違いない。

My letter must have gone astray in the mail.

Tatoeba #163392

Kanji with the same radical

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