紊 (wěn)

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

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“紊,亂也。从糸,文聲。《商書》曰:‘有條而不紊。’”

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