Kanji Detail for 猥 - "recklessly, obscene, disordered, abundant"

猥

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

猥 means "recklessly, obscene, disordered, abundant."
1. Recklessly - Indiscriminately; without reason.
2. Obscene - Lewd; vulgar; base.
3. Disordered - Confused.
4. Abundant - Plentiful; flourishing.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

obscene

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

vulgar, low, cheap; wanton; obscene

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

humble; rustic; plentiful

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

vulgar, low; wanton, obscene

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

Mixed. As in 猥陋, 猥瑣, both disparaging terms. | A particle. Has the meaning of "but" or "nevertheless."
Onyomi

wai(ワイ)
Kunyomi

mida.ra(みだら)

midari.ni(みだ-りに)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

犬犭 (inu・kemonohen)
Related Keywords

recklessly indiscriminately without reason obscene lewd vulgar base disordered confused abundant plentiful flourishing

トムは辞書で見つけた卑猥な例文をノートに写して暗記している。
Tom copies dirty example sentences he finds in his dictionary into his notebook and memorizes them.
それとも、あまりに猥褻な写真があるから出版できないということか？
Or are there photographs so obscene that you can't publish them?
女性が下半身が見える状態で公道を歩いていると公然猥褻罪となり、上半身裸で歩いていると軽犯罪法第１条第２０号の罪となります。
If a women walks on a public street exposing her lower body, it's public indecency. If she walks while exposing her upper body, then it's a violation of article 20(1) of the minor offenses act.