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Kotomora

紊

disturb

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ビン
  • ブン

Kun'yomi

  • みだ.れる

Meaning

紊 centers on disorder or disruption: disturbing a settled state, tangling what was orderly.

Most common words using 紊

  • 紊乱びんらん

    disorder; confusion; disturbance (of order, peace, etc.); corruption (e.g. of public morals)

  • 官紀紊乱かんきびんらん

    laxity in official discipline; civil service corruption

  • 綱紀紊乱こうきびんらん

    laxity in official discipline; public order being in disarray

  • 風紀紊乱ふうきびんらん

    corrupt public morals

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Etymology

紊 combines 文 (pattern, writing) with 糸 (thread), suggesting tangled threads or disordered patterns. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

Imagine a neat pattern 文 being disturbed by tangled threads 糸 below: the threads pull the pattern into disorder.

Reading mnemonic

For ビン, picture a bin full of tangled threads disturbing the neat pattern: bin -> ビン.