亂

See also 乱

Translingual

simpl.		乱
trad.		亂

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 𤔔 + semantic 乚

Han character

亂 (radical 5 乙+12, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月月山 (BBU), four-corner 2221₀, composition ⿰⿳爫龴⿵冂⿱厶又乚)

1. confusion, state of chaos
2. create chaos, revolt
3. riot
4. war

Related characters

• 辭

Descendants

• 乱

References

• KangXi: page 84, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 214
• Dae Jaweon: page 173, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 57, character 10
• Unihan data for U+4E82

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Cantonese

Hanzi

亂 (simplified 乱, Yale lyun6)

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Japanese

Kanji

亂

Readings

• On: らん (ran), ろん (ron)
• Kun: みだれる (midareru)

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Korean

Hanja

亂 (hangeul 란, revised ran, McCune-Reischauer ran)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

亂 (simplified 乱, pinyin luàn (luan4), Wade-Giles luan⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亂 (loạn, loàn)

References

• Nom Foundation