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Kanji Detail for 乱 - "disorder, chaos, rebellion"

乱

  • Meaning

    乱 means "disorder, chaos, rebellion."

    1. Disorder - Chaos; lack of order.

    2. Rebellion - Uprising; revolt.

  • Words using 乱

    • 混乱 こんらん Listen disorder; chaos; confusion
    • 反乱 はんらん Listen insurrection; mutiny; rebellion
    • 波乱 はらん Listen disturbance; trouble; commotion
    • 乱用 らんよう Listen abuse; misuse; misappropriation
    • 乱売 らんばい Listen selling at a fire-sale price; clearance sale; dumping
    • 騒乱 そうらん Listen disturbance; riot; mayhem
    • 乱暴 らんぼう Listen violence; assault; rowdiness
    • 乱発 らんぱつ Listen random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

  • Four-character idioms with 乱

    • 一心不乱 いっしんふらん Listen wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently
    • 波乱万丈 はらんばんじょう Listen stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
    • 乱射乱撃 らんしゃらんげき Listen random shooting
    • 乱暴狼藉 らんぼうろうぜき Listen running amok; committing an outrage; rampageous behavior
    • 乱臣賊子 らんしんぞくし Listen rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject; traitor
    • 乱離骨灰 らりこっぱい Listen being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed

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    • Verified meaning: disorder, chaos, rebellion
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, らん, らんらん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 乱

    Given names 乱(おさむ)Listen 乱(らん)Listen

    Surnames 乱(らんらん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    riot; war; disorder; disturb

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    confusion, state of chaos, revolt

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    anarchy, chaos; revolt

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ran(ラン) ラン

    ron(ロン) ロン

  • Kunyomi

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    mida(みだ) みだ

    mida.reru(みだ-れる) みだ-れる

    mida.ru(みだる) みだる

    mida.su(みだ-す) みだ-す

    osa.meru(おさ-める) おさ-める

    wata.ru(わた-る) わた-る

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    乙 乚 (otsu・otsunyo・tsuribari)

  • Related Keywords

    disorder rebellion chaos crossing disruption finale rashly hastily confusion anarchy commotion disarray frenzy insurrection mayhem pandemonium revolt tumult turmoil unrest upheaval uprising

Sentences including 乱

  • Don't be rough in speech.

  • I'm confused.

  • He was agitated by the news.

  • His room is always out of order.

  • Your room is out of order.

  • These shoes will stand up to hard use.

  • He was careful not to disrupt the meeting.

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More kanji with the radical 乙 乚 (otsu・otsunyo・tsuribari)

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