浪 – wandering, waves, billows

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1508 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 浪 means wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロウ (rou). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロウ	rou

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 艮・汁.

Words using 浪

浪費ろうひwaste

Example sentences

それは確かに時間の浪費です。

It's certainly a waste of time.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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