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複雑

ふくざつ

complicated, intricate

Mnemonic

Layer on layer with everything mixed through it and none of it sorted. A few ふく more of them each time somebody touches it, and that program is a mess: ふくざつ.

Worth knowing

単純 たんじゅん is the direct contrast, simple as in uncomplicated, and 簡単 かんたん is simple as in easy.

Built from

multiple, compound
衤 the clothing radical on the left, layer over layer of it. More than one of the same thing.
miscellaneous, mixed
隹 a small bird on the right with everything else heaped in on the left. Mixed together, and not sorted.

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