漫 – cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1408 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 漫 means cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained, in spite of oneself, corrupt. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is マン (man); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みだり.に、そぞ.ろ (midarini, sozoro). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	マン	man
Kun’yomi	みだり.に	midarini
Kun’yomi	そぞ.ろ	sozoro

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: 汁・日・買・又.

Words using 漫

漫画まんがcartoon

Example sentences

僕の趣味は漫画を読む事です。

My hobby is reading comics.

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Kanji with the same radical

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