Japanese symbol for “confusing”
紛らわしい
まぎらわしい
Romaji: magirawashii
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading
In Japanese, confusing is 紛らわしい, read まぎらわしい (magirawashii).
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Meanings
- adj-i easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “confusing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ややこしい | ややこしい yayakoshii | complicated; complex; intricate |
| 分かりづらい | わかりづらい wakarizurai | difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing |
| ややこい | ややこい yayakoi | complicated; complex; intricate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紛争 | ふんそう funsou | dispute; conflict; trouble |
| 紛失 | ふんしつ funshitsu | loss; going missing |
| 紛れ | まぐれ magure | fluke; chance; pure luck |
| 紛れる | まぎれる magireru | to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into |
| 紛糾 | ふんきゅう funkyuu | complication; confusion; disorder |
See also: Chinese symbol for “confusing”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.