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浪

浪 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 海流。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「良」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロウJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • なに
  • なみ
Other languages
  • 拼音lang4
  • 한글rang
  • Hán-ViệtLãng
  • Hán-ViệtLang

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

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6D6A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵良

Words using this kanji

  • 浪人ろうにん他国を流浪する者、浮浪人。 自分が仕える主人を去り、禄を離れた者。 失業すること、失業者。ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination, person out of work
  • 浪費ろうひ無駄に使うこと。waste, extravagance
  • 浪漫ロマン「ロマン」に漢字を当てたもの。 叙情的な理想。romance (e.g. Arthurian romances), heroic tale, (nigh) impossible dream, adventurous spirit
  • 浪曲ろうきょくrōkyoku, naniwabushi
  • 浪花節なにわぶし江戸時代末期に大阪で成立した語り物。三味線を伴奏とし一人で演じる。浪曲。naniwabushi
  • 浪ろう海流。person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
  • 浪々ろうろうwandering, jobless, unemployed
  • 浪士ろうし自分が仕える家を去って禄を離れた武士。浪人。ronin, lordless samurai
  • 浪界ろうかい浪花節を語る人達の社会。world of naniwabushi singers
  • 浪人生ろうにんせいstudent waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
  • 浪費癖ろうひへきwasteful habits
  • 浪費家ろうひか金銭、財産を浪費する者。wasteful person, spendthrift
  • 浪人鯵ろうにんあじgiant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
  • 浪花節的なにわぶしてきof the old feeling of naniwa-bushi, marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads
  • 浪花っ子なにわっこnative of Osaka
  • 浪漫思想ろうまんしそうromantic thought, philosophy of romance

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
3313.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a7.5
Heisig
1580
Nelson
2570