Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence

乱: riot, war

Also: disorder, disturb

JLPT N27 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

舌 and 乙 carry the meaning

7 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ランran · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 乱闘らんとうfight, scuffle
  • 乱開発らんかいはつenvironmentally damaging development
  • 乱気流らんきりゅうair turbulence
  • 内乱ないらんcivil war, insurrection, rebellion
  • 反乱はんらんinsurrection, mutiny, rebellion
  • 波乱万丈はらんばんじょうfull of ups and downs
  • 乱雑ならんざつなdisorderly, confused
  • 乱暴ならんぼうなrude, violent, rough, lawless
  • 乱読するらんどくするread unsystematically
  • 混乱するこんらんするbe confused, be chaotic

みだれるmidareru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 乱れるみだれるbe disordered, be chaotic [v.i.]

みだすmidasu · kun'yomi

  • 乱すみだすdisturb, throw out of order [v.t.]

Also read ロン, みだる, みだ, おさめる, わたる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Push through the barrier! Imagine a tiny sprout winding its way upward, bending and twisting to find the sun.”
More in the 乙 the second story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
舌

Also built on tongue (舌)

All 5
乙

Also built on the second (乙)

All 8

Also read ラン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ロン

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
乱 riot · 舌 + 乙
vs舌 tongue · 千 + 口
乱 has 舌 + 乙 where 舌 has 千 + 口.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 亂 · luàn

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 乱. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 亂.

Simplified
乱 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
亂 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin luàn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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