| fēn | numerous/confused/disorderly |
| 纷 | numerous confused disorderly |
| 纷乱 | numerous and disorderly |
| 纷争 | to dispute |
| 纷呈 | brilliant and varied (often in the combination 精彩纷呈) |
| 纷扰 | turmoil unrest disturbance |
| 纷披 | scattered mixed and disorganized |
| 纷杂 | numerous and confused in a mess |
| 纷繁 | numerous and complicated |
| 纷纭 | diverse and muddled many and confused |
| 纷纷 | one after another in succession one by one |
| 纷纷扬扬 | fluttering about (of leaves etc) |
| 纷至沓来 | to come thick and fast (idiom) |
| 纷飞 | to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) to flutter about |