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Kanji Detail for 蛮 - "barbarian, savage"

蛮

  • Meaning

    蛮 means "barbarian, savage." Also associated with wild.

    1. Barbarian - A person from an uncivilized land (historical term).

    2. Wild - Rough; untamed; fierce.

    3. Savage - Fierce and violent.

  • Words using 蛮

    • 野蛮 やばん Listen savage; barbarous; barbaric

  • Four-character idioms with 蛮

    • 夷蛮戎狄 いばんじゅうてき Listen the barbarians beyond the borders of old China

  • Tattoo check: 蛮

    • Verified meaning: barbarian, savage
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ばん)
    • Also carries these associations: wild

    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 蛮

    Given names 蛮(ばん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    barbarian

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    barbarians; barbarous, savage

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    barbarians; barbarous, rude, savage

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ban(バン) バン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ebisu(えびす) えびす

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    虫 (mushi・mushihen)

  • Related Keywords

    barbarian wild savage violent fierce uncivilized barbaric brutish primitive rough uncouth reckless untamed

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