Kanji Detail for 浪 - "wave, wander, roam"

浪

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
浪 means "wave, wander, roam."
1. Wave - A moving swell of water.
2. Wander - To roam without purpose.
3. Waste - To use carelessly.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

wandering; waves; billows; reckless; unrestrained

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

wave; wasteful, reckless

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful

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

Waves. Wind and water striking each other create waves. | 謔浪 (Hsueh-lang). Joking without propriety. The Book of Odes says: "Joking and mocking, laughing and teasing" (謔浪笑傲). | 放浪 (Fang-lang). Equivalent to saying dissolute. Those who are idle and do not engage in proper work are commonly called 浪子 (prodigal son). | 孟浪 (Meng-lang). Equivalent to saying reckless. See Zhuangzi. | 滄浪. Name of a river. See "滄" for details.
Onyomi

ran(らん)

ro(ろ)
Kunyomi

mida.rini(みだりに)

nami(なみ)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
wave wander roam drift vagrant ronin waste squander frivolous aimless reckless extravagant surge billow swell ocean tide flow nomadic