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Kanji Detail for 爛 - "fester, boil, vivid"

爛

  • Meaning

    爛 means "fester, boil, vivid."

    1. Fester - To rot; to decay; to collapse.

    2. Boil - To overcook until soft.

    3. Vivid - Bright; clear.

  • Four-character idioms with 爛

    • 天真爛漫 てんしんらんまん Listen innocent; naive; artless
    • 桜花爛漫 おうからんまん Listen riot of cherry blossoms
    • 絢爛豪華 けんらんごうか Listen luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
    • 豪華絢爛 ごうかけんらん Listen luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    be sore; inflamed; bleary; fester

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rotten, spoiled, decayed

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Cooked beyond proper degree. | When things rot, it is called 爛. | Bright. As in 燦爛.

  • Onyomi

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    ran(ラン) ラン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tada.reru(ただれる) ただれる

  • Strokes

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    21 strokes

  • Radical

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    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    fester rot decay collapse boil overcook soft vivid bright clear

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