Word Meaning 錯綜

さくそう sakusou

錯綜 is read as さくそう (sakusou) and means to become complicated.

Meaning

English

  1. to become complicated
  2. to get entangled
  3. complication
  4. intricacy
  5. involution

Reading

Kana

さくそう

Romaji

sakusou

Writing Variants

  • 錯そう さくそう sakusou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

錯覚

さっかく

misapprehension

錯誤

さくご

discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

錯乱

さくらん

confusion

錯化合物

さくかごうぶつ

complex compound

錯乱状態

さくらんじょうたい

state of (mental) confusion (agitation)

錯体

さくたい

complex

錯和

ちょんぼ

mistakenly announcing a win without having all the requisite tiles

試行錯誤

しこうさくご

trial and error

交錯

こうさく

mixture

倒錯

とうさく

inversion

時代錯誤

じだいさくご

anachronism

電荷移動錯体

でんかいどうさくたい

charge-transfer complex

Example Sentences

4

はなしがさくそうしていて、ようてんがみえない。

The story is all mixed up, so the main point is hard to see.

じょうほうがさくそうすると、はんだんがむずかしくなる。

When information gets mixed up, making a judgment becomes difficult.

ぎろんがさくそうして、けつろんがでなかった。

The discussion became tangled, and no conclusion was reached.

みちがいりくんでいて、ちずもさくそうしてみえる。

The roads are so tangled that even the map looks confusing.