Kanji Detail of 乱
乱
| Level: | N2 Low |
| Strokes: | 7 |
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The kanji 乱 primarily conveys the idea of disorder, chaos, confusion, or disruption. It suggests a state of being out of order, in disarray, or turbulent. It can also imply something being reckless, excessive, or going against the norm.
・On-yomi (音読み): ラン (ran) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): みだ(れる)(mida(reru))
⚫︎乱暴(らんぼう) Translation: Violence, rudeness, rough behavior. ⚫︎混乱(こんらん) Translation: Confusion, chaos, disorder. ⚫︎内乱(ないらん) Translation: Civil war, internal conflict.
The kanji 乱 is composed of two parts: ⚫︎The left side is the radical 舌(した) which means "tongue". ⚫︎The right side is 乚 which looks like a small hook. The original form of 乱, was related to 亂. The original meaning relates to "to be disturbed". This suggests that its initial meaning was more closely related to disruption or disturbance.