纷 fēn tangled
tangled; scattered; numerous; confused
怎么记住“纷”: 纟 silk + 分 divide = tangled. The toddler grabs a skein of silk and divides it between the cat and the dog, and soon the whole living room is tangled.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
纷 = 纟 silk + 分 divide
- 纟 silk meaning
- 分 divide sound
- 八 eight
- 刀 knife
The toddler grabs a skein of silk and divides it between the cat and the dog, and soon the whole living room is tangled.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the sign for divide the sound.
用法
- Bound morpheme for "scattered, numerous, confused", almost always seen reduplicated as 纷纷 (fēnfēn), an adverb placed before a verb meaning "one after another, in quick succession": 大家纷纷发言 (dàjiā fēnfēn fāyán) "everyone spoke up one after another".
- 纠纷 (jiūfēn) "dispute, conflict" is common in legal/news contexts: 劳资纠纷 "labor dispute".
- 缤纷 (bīnfēn) "colorful, in profusion" is a more literary/poetic compound, often paired with colors: 五彩缤纷 "riotously colorful".