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紊

wěn

HSK 6 Character

What 紊 means

1. involved
2. tangled
3. disorderly
4. confused
5. chaotic
6. Taiwan pr. wèn

Words starting with 紊

• 紊乱wěn luàndisorder; chaos
• 紊流wěn liúturbulent flow

Words containing 紊

• 有条不紊yǒu tiáo bù wěnregular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged

Characters built on 文

These share the phonetic component 文 (wén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 汶WènWen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to…
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 坟féngrave; tomb; embankment
• 蚊wénmosquito
• 雯wénmulticolored clouds
• 炆wén(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire

Characters that look like 紊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask
• 素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 晕yūnconfused; dizzy; giddy
• 菁jīngleek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 菅jiān(grass); Themeda forsbali

Sounds the same

Read wěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 稳settled; steady; stable
• 吻kiss; to kiss; mouth
• 揾to look for (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 找
• 刎cut across (throat)
• 呡the corners of the mouth; the lips
• 忞disorderly; messy; chaotic