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The character "纷", historically represented in its traditional form as "紛", structurally integrates the silk radical with the phonetic element "分", a composition that etymologically suggests an initial connection to the disorder and entanglement of threads. This linkage to tangible confusion in textile materials provided a foundation for its early meanings, which centered on physical disarray and complication. Over time, the semantic range of the character extended beyond literal tangles to abstractly denote states of general disorder, numerousness, and scattered complexity, thereby encompassing ideas of multifariousness and contentious multiplicity in both social and descriptive contexts without departing from its inherent notion of intertwined chaos.
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雪花纷纷扬扬地落下。
意见纷纭，难以统一。
五彩缤纷的灯光很漂亮。
这场纷争持续了好几年。
思绪纷乱，无法集中精神。
各种消息纷至沓来。
面对纷繁复杂的世界，他感到迷茫。
在历史的纷扰中寻求真理并非易事。