漢字道KANJIDO

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4Junior high level14 strokesRadical
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マン
Kun
みだり.に・そぞ.ろ
Meaning
random; cartoon

Origin

ORIGIN

氵 "water" with 曼 "long": water spreading without bound — random, rambling.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

マン漫画・漫歩・散漫

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 漫画まんが

    manga; comics

  • 散漫さんまん

    distracted; loose

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

漫画を読んで歴史に興味を持った。

Reading manga got me interested in history.

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