wěn

involved

tangled; disorderly; confused; chaotic; Taiwan pr. [wen4]

threads (糸) + pattern sound (文) = tangled and chaotic

糸 represents silk threads or fine fibers, which tangle and knot when disordered. 文 mainly contributes the sound wěn here, while the thread radical carries the image of chaotic entanglement.

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Silk threadSemantic

这里的交通秩序很乱,十分乱。

zhè lǐ de jiāo tōng zhì xù hěn luàn, shí fēn wěn luàn。

The traffic order here is very messy — completely chaotic.

他生病后,身体的节律变得乱,睡眠也很差。

tā shēng bìng hòu, shēn tǐ de jié lǜ biàn de wěn luàn, shuì mián yě hěn chà。

After he fell ill, his body's rhythms became disordered and his sleep also got very poor.

Words with 紊

有条不紊

yǒu tiáo bù wěn

regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged

步履紊乱

bù lǚ wěn luàn

to be in complete disorder

秩然不紊

zhì rán bù wěn

to be in complete order (idiom)

紊乱

wěn luàn

disorder

紊流

wěn liú

turbulent flow

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