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漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

蛮: barbarian

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

虫 carries the meaning · 亦 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

バンban · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 野蛮やばんsavage; barbarous; barbaric
  • 蛮行ばんこうact of barbarity; barbarism; brutality
  • 蛮勇ばんゆうfoolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour

Also read えびす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A wriggly creature moves through the grass! The top part is the head, and the body curves below.”
More in the 虫 insect story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亦

Also built on also (亦)

The 亦 sound family doesn't share one reading.

虫

Also built on insect (虫)

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Also read バン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
蛮 barbarian · 虫
vs跡 tracks · 足
蛮 has 虫 where 跡 has 足.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 蠻 · mán

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

Simplified
蛮 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
蠻 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mán 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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