# 紛 ambiguous

糸 (string) + 分 (understand / divide / minute)
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10 strokes

## Onyomi

FUN | To Japanese, it's FUN to give ambiguous answers to foreigners!!!

## Mnemonic

| String theory is too ambiguous to understand.

## Kunyomi

まぎ＊らわしい | ambiguous ★★☆☆☆
( に ) まぎ＊れる | to mistake something for a similar thing, to get diverted off the main point, to be distracted, to . . . KANA ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

気が紛れる(きがまぎれる) | divert attention ★☆☆☆☆ 気 (mood) + 紛 (ambiguous) = 気が紛れる (divert attention) to divert one's attention from one's troubles

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
粉 | powder | MINUTE | 分
粒 | grain | STAND | 立
紛 | ambiguous | STRING | 糸

If you STAND on top of grain,
you'll grind it to powder in one MINUTE
STRING is too ambiguous to be a good mnemonic!

## Synonyms

ambiguous 曖昧 紛らわしい 漠然