Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

浪: wandering, waves

Also: billows, reckless, unrestrained

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 良 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ロウrou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 浪人ろうにんronin; masterless samurai
  • 放浪ほうろうwandering; roaming; drifting
  • 浪費ろうひwaste; extravagance
  • 浮浪者ふろうしゃvagrant; vagabond; tramp
  • 浪曲ろうきょくrōkyoku; naniwabushi

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 浪速なにわNaniwa (former name for Osaka region)

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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良

Also built on good (良)

浪 takes the 良 family's reading, ロウ (rou).

Also read ロウ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
浪 wandering · 氵
vs娘 daughter · 女
浪 has 氵 where 娘 has 女.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · làng

Same form: 浪 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
浪 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
浪 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin làng 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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