濫 – excessive, overflow, spread out

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N1 vocabulary

The kanji 濫 means excessive, overflow, spread out. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ラン (ran); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みだ.りに、みだ.りがましい (midarini, midarigamashii). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ラン	ran
Kun’yomi	みだ.りに	midarini
Kun’yomi	みだ.りがましい	midarigamashii

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: ノ・皿・汁・臣・二・乞.

Words using 濫

濫用らんようabuse氾濫はんらんoverflowing

Example sentences

川が氾濫して広い地域が水浸しになった。

The river flooded a large area.

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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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