紛 means “mix in, confuse, lose”

ふん · fun

Also: distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): まぎれる, まぎらす, まぎらわす, まぎらわしい
On'yomi (Chinese reading): フン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

Threads (糸) divided (分) and tangled: things lost in the muddle. 紛れる is to blend into a crowd, 紛失 is losing something, the word on lost-property forms, and 紛争 is a conflict that has gotten hopelessly tangled.

Used in 紛失 (funshitsu, loss of an item), 紛争 (funsou, conflict/dispute), and 紛らわしい (magirawashii, confusingly similar)

紛 means “mix in, confuse, lose”

The story

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