乱
乱·disorder
- On-yomi
- ラン
- Kun-yomi
- みだ(れる)みだ(す)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混乱 | こんらん | confusion, chaos |
| 乱れる | みだれる | to be disordered, to be disrupted |
| 乱暴 | らんぼう | rough, violent |
| 反乱 | はんらん | rebellion, revolt |
Example sentences
事故で電車のダイヤが乱れた。
じこででんしゃのダイヤがみだれた。
The train schedule was thrown off by an accident.
会場は一時、混乱した。
かいじょうはいちじ、こんらんした。
The venue was in confusion for a while.
彼の乱暴な言い方に驚いた。
かれのらんぼうないいかたにおどろいた。
I was surprised by how rough his way of speaking was.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Confusing the pair 乱れる (to become disordered, intransitive) and 乱す (to disorder something, transitive)
- Reading 乱暴 as みだれぼう — it is らんぼう
Memory aid
Picture it
Tangled threads on the left with a hook yanking at them on the right — everything pulled out of order.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 乱暴らんぼうrough, violent
- 混乱するこんらんするto be confused, in chaos
- 混乱こんらんdisorder, chaos, confusion
- 乱獲らんかくoverfishing, overhunting
- 一心不乱いっしんふらんwholeheartedly, intently
- 乱れるみだれるto get confused; to be disordered; to be disturbed
- 反乱はんらんinsurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
- 内乱ないらんcivil war; internal strife; insurrection; rebellion
- 乱すみだすto throw into disorder; to disturb; to upset (order, calm)
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