Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

994 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert

Kunyomi: まぎ.れる -まぎ.れ まぎ.らす まぎ.らわす まぎ.らわしい

Onyomi: フン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

フンソウ dispute, conflict, trouble, strife

フンキュウ complication, confusion, disorder

人工授粉 ジンコウジュフン artificial pollination, hand pollination, mechanical pollination

Kunyomi Examples

れる まぎれる to disappear into, to be lost in, to slip into, to get mixed in among, to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.), to be almost indistinguishable, to be confusingly similar, to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.), to forget about, to be distracted by, to be too absorbed in

らす まぎらす to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (e.g. boredom), to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile), to shift (the conversation)

らわす まぎらわす to divert, to distract

らわしい まぎらわしい easily mixed up (e.g. similar words), easily mistaken, confusingly similar, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous