蛮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「蠻」の略体(變」→「変」の類推)。「蠻」については蠻#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

barbarian

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • バンJHS
Kun (native)
  • えびす
Other languages
  • 拼音man2
  • 한글man
  • Hán-ViệtMan

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+86EE

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𰁜虫

Words using this kanji

  • 蛮行ばんこう野蛮な行為。act of barbarity, barbarism, brutality, savagery
  • 蛮勇ばんゆう理非を考えない向こう見ずな勇気。躊躇せず思い切って行う場合など積極的な意味でも用いる。foolhardiness, recklessness, savage valour, savage valor
  • 蛮夷ばんいsavages, barbarians
  • 蛮語ばんごlanguage spoken by the Emishi, languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch), foreign language
  • 蛮骨ばんこつbrute courage, recklessness
  • 蛮習ばんしゅうbarbarous custom
  • 蛮声ばんせいrough voice
  • 蛮的ばんてきsavage, barbarous, rustic
  • 蛮風ばんぷう野蛮な風俗。蕃俗。barbarous customs
  • 蛮民ばんみん未開の民族。savage people
  • 蛮力ばんりょくbrute force
  • 蛮隷ばんれいslaves of the barbarians
  • 蛮人ばんじん未開人。野蛮人。savage, barbarian, aboriginal
  • 蛮族ばんぞく野蛮な種族。barbarian tribe, savage tribe
  • 蛮地ばんち未開の土地。savage land, barbaric region
  • 蛮僧ばんそうforeign priest, Western priest
  • 蛮刀ばんとうbarbarian's sword
  • 蛮国ばんこく外国の蔑称。 未開の国。barbarian country, uncivilized country, foreign country
  • 蛮岩ばんがんconglomerate, pudding stone
  • 蛮カラばんカラscruffy, unconcerned about one's personal appearance, rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(48 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-10
Four Corner
0013.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j10.1
Heisig
1884
Nelson
322