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纭

yún

Character Traditional 紜

What 纭 means

1. confused
2. numerous

Words starting with 纭

• 纭纭yún yúnvariant of 芸芸

Words containing 纭

• 众说纷纭zhòng shuō fēn yúnopinions differ (idiom)
• 纷纭fēn yúndiverse and muddled; many and confused
• 聚讼纷纭jù sòng fēn yún(of a body of people) to offer all kinds of different opinions (idiom); to argue endlessly

Characters built on 云

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

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 酝yùnto brew
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 耘yúnto weed

Characters that look like 纭

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

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch

Sounds the same

Read yún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 云(classical) to say
• 匀even; well-distributed; uniform
• 芸common rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 昀sun light; used in personal name
• 筠skin of bamboo
• 耘to weed
• 郧name of a feudal state
• 鋆gold
• 澐river waves
• 涢(name of a river in Hebei)
• 𤈶(yellow color)
• 畇reclaimed land