繁 fán
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 敏 fast, quick 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
繁杂
fánzá
numerous and complicated
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这项审批程序过于繁杂，企业往往要花几个月才能完成备案。 Zhè xiàng shěnpī chéngxù guòyú fánzá, qǐyè wǎngwǎng yào huā jǐ ge yuè cái néng wánchéng bèi'àn. This approval procedure is too complicated, and companies often need several months to complete the filing.
- 手续太繁杂了，我跑了三趟都没办完。 Shǒuxù tài fánzá le, wǒ pǎo le sān tàng dōu méi bàn wán. The formalities were so complicated that three trips were not enough to finish them.
- 他把繁杂的资料整理成了一张简单的表。 Tā bǎ fánzá de zīliào zhěnglǐ chéng le yì zhāng jiǎndān de biǎo. He organised the messy mass of data into one simple table.
Related words
- 繁荣 fánróng prosperous; thriving
- 频繁 pínfán frequent
- 繁忙 fánmáng busy
- 繁殖 fánzhí to breed, to reproduce
- 繁多 fánduō numerous and varied
- 繁华 fánhuá prosperous; bustling
- 繁体字 fántǐzì traditional Chinese characters
- 繁衍 fányǎn to reproduce; to propagate
- 繁重 fánzhòng heavy; burdensome
- 复杂 fùzá complicated
- 杂志 zázhì magazine
- 杂 zá miscellaneous, mixed