乱 – riot, war, disorder

7 strokesTaught in grade 6#755 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 乱 means riot, war, disorder, disturb. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ラン、ロン (ran, ron); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みだ.れる、みだ.る、みだ.す、みだ、おさ.める、わた.る (midareru, midaru, midasu, mida, osameru, wataru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 乙 (no. 5).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ラン	ran
On’yomi	ロン	ron
Kun’yomi	みだ.れる	midareru
Kun’yomi	みだ.る	midaru
Kun’yomi	みだ.す	midasu
Kun’yomi	みだ	mida
Kun’yomi	おさ.める	osameru
Kun’yomi	わた.る	wataru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 乙 (Kangxi radical 5). Components: 乙・口・舌.

Words using 乱

混乱こんらんdisorder乱暴らんぼうviolence内乱ないらんcivil war乱すみだすto throw into disorder反乱はんらんinsurrection乱れるみだれるto be disordered

Example sentences

国会は混乱のうちに散会した。

The Diet broke up in confusion.

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弟の乱暴はこのごろ目に余る。

My brother has been much too rowdy lately.

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道具を乱暴に扱うな。

Don't handle the tools roughly.

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Kanji with the same radical

九乳乾乙

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