乱

See also: 亂

乱	U+4E71, 乱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E71

← 买
[U+4E70]

CJK Unified Ideographs

乲 →
[U+4E72]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	乱
Simplified	乱
Traditional	亂

Han character

乱 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+6, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹口山 (HRU), four-corner 2261₀, composition ⿰舌乚)

Derived characters

𠉗, 𭈅, 𭡃, 𪾬, 𮔑, 𮛛, 𦯠

Related characters

亂 (Traditional form of 乱)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 84, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 187
Dae Jaweon: page 171, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 53, character 17
Unihan data for U+4E71

Usage notes

Unorthodox form (俗字) of 亂, according to the character's listing in the Kangxi dictionary (正字通).

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 乱 – see 亂 (“disorderly; messy; chaotic; unstable; volatile; turbulent; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 亂).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	乱
Kyūjitai	亂

Kanji

乱

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亂)

chaos, disorder
Antonym: 治
disorderly
Synonym: 濫

Readings

Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
Tō-on: ろん (ron)
Kun: みだれる (midareru, 乱れる, Jōyō)、みだす (midasu, 乱す, Jōyō)、みだりに (midari ni, 乱りに)

Compounds

乱(らん)雑(ざつ) (ranzatsu)
乱(らん)視(し) (ranshi)
乱(らん)層(そう)雲(うん) (ransōun)
乱(らん)闘(とう) (rantō)
乱(らん)入(にゅう) (rannyū)
乱(らん)暴(ぼう) (ranbō)
混(こん)乱(らん) (konran)
乱(らん)酒(しゅ) (ranshu)
乱(らん)人(にん) (rannin)
乱(らん)脈(みゃく) (ranmyaku)
乱(らん)心(しん) (ranshin)
乱(らん)麻(ま) (ranma)
乱(らん)交(こう) (rankō)
乱(らん)髪(ぱつ) (ranpatsu)
乱(らん)酔(すい) (ransui)
乱(らん)筆(ぴつ) (ranpitsu)
乱(らん)数(すう) (ransū)
乱(らん)雲(うん) (ran'un)
乱(らん)行(ぎょう) (rangyō)
乱(らん)世(せい) (ransei), 乱(らん)世(せ) (ranse)
乱(らん)造(ぞう) (ranzō)
乱(らん)菊(ぎく) (rangiku)
乱(らん)撃(げき) (rangeki)
乱(らん)切(き)り (rankiri), 乱(らん)切(きり) (rankiri)
乱(らん)逆(ぎゃく) (rangyaku)
乱(らん)発(ぱつ) (ranpatsu)
乱(らん)射(しゃ) (ransha)
乱(らん)切(せつ) (ransetsu)
乱(らん)軍(ぐん) (rangun)
乱(らっ)舞(ぷ) (rappu), 乱(らん)舞(ぷ) (ranpu)
乱(らん)流(りゅう) (ranryū)
乱(らん)掘(くつ) (rankutsu)
乱(らん)婚(こん) (rankon)
乱(らん)丁(ちょう) (ranchō)
乱(らん)費(ぴ) (ranpi)
乱(らん)波(ぱ) (ranpa), 乱(らん)破(ぱ) (ranpa)
乱(らん)兆(ちょう) (ranchō)
乱(らん)用(よう) (ran'yō)
乱吹(ふぶき) (fubuki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
乱
らん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
亂 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 亂 (MC lwanH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らん [ráꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

乱(らん) • (ran)

chaos, disorder
治(ち)にて乱(らん)を忘(わす)れず。
Chi nite ran o wasure zu.
Keep chaos in mind while in peace.
revolt, rebellion
紅(こう)巾(きん)の乱(らん)
kōkin no ran
the Red Turban Rebellion

Vietnamese

Han character

乱: Hán Việt readings: loạn^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
乱: Nôm readings: loàn^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6], làn^[4]^[5]^[6], loán^[5]^[6]

Variant of 亂, see there for more details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Trần (2004).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Hồ (1976).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Bonet (1899).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).