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乱 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「乙」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「乙」
On
ランらん · ran
Kun
みだ(れる)・みだ(す)mida(reru) · mida(su)
Meaning
disorder; riot; to be disturbed

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A form of tangled thread being worked at; things out of order — hence "disorder, riot."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onランらんran乱戦らんせん混乱こんらん反乱はんらん
Kunみだれるmidareru乱れるみだれる乱れみだれ
Kunみだすmidasu乱すみだす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 混乱こんらん

    confusion; chaos

  • 乱暴らんぼう

    rough; violent

More words with this kanji

  • 叛乱はんらん
  • 擾乱じょうらん
  • 攪乱かくらん
  • 撩乱りょうらん
  • 繚乱りょうらん
  • 癨乱かくらん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

強(つよ)い風(かぜ)でかみが乱(みだ)れた。

The strong wind put their hair in disorder.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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