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乱

乱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. みだれる、みだす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「亂」の略体。「亂」については亂#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

riot, war, disorder, disturb

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ランElem.
  • ロン
Kun (native)
  • みだ(れる)Elem.
  • みだ(る)
  • みだ(す)Elem.
  • みだ
  • おさ(める)
  • わた(る)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ら
Other languages
  • 拼音luan4
  • 한글ran
  • Hán-ViệtLoạn
  • Hán-ViệtLàn
  • Hán-ViệtLoàn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
乙(おつ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+4E71

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰舌乚

Words using this kanji

  • 乱れみだれ「みだれ」の漢字表記。disorder, disturbance, unrest
  • 乱用らんよう「濫用」の別表記。abuse, misuse, misappropriation, using to excess
  • 乱立らんりつタワー状のものが乱雑に立ち並ぶこと。 同業の商店などが多すぎるほどできること。 多くの人が立候補すること。多くの政党が結成されること。standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.), standing side by side, standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers, (too many candidates) competing with each other
  • 乱売らんばいselling at a fire-sale price, clearance sale, dumping
  • 乱発らんぱつむやみやたらに発行や発射などをすること。random firing, reckless firing, excessive issue
  • 乱暴らんぼう相手に対して荒々しく振る舞うこと。 やり方・扱い方に丁寧さがなく、荒っぽくて雑なこと。 暴力。強姦。violence, assault, rowdiness, wildness
  • 乱調らんちょう調子が乱れていること。また、そのようなさま。 詩歌が法則どおりでないさま。また、破格の詩歌。confusion
  • 乱れるみだれるto be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled
  • 乱闘らんとう入り乱れて闘うこと。confused fight, brawl, melee, scuffle
  • 乱獲らんかく魚や鳥獣などをむやみに獲ること。overfishing, overhunting, indiscriminate fishing, indiscriminate hunting
  • 乱すみだす「みだす」を参照。to throw into disorder, to disarrange, to disturb (order, peace, etc.), to corrupt (public morals)
  • 乱雑らんざつ乱れていること。disorder, confusion, clutter, mess
  • 乱射らんしゃ的を定めずに弾丸や矢などをむやみに発射すること。indiscriminate shooting, random shooting, firing blindly
  • 乱戦らんせんconfused fight, free-for-all, melee, dogfight
  • 乱入らんにゅう乱暴、無法に押し入ること。濫入。intrusion, bursting into, barging into, breaking into
  • 乱脈らんみゃく規律などが乱れて筋道が立たなさま。 不整脈。disorder, confusion, chaos
  • 乱伐らんばつむやみに森林の木を伐採すること。reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests
  • 乱世らんせい戦乱などにより乱れた世。troubled times, turbulent times
  • 乱舞らんぶboisterous dance
  • 乱軍らんぐんmelee

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-1
Four Corner
2261.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d4.21
Heisig
76
Nelson
3856