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)

1. chaos, disorder

   Antonym: 治

2. 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) 

1. 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.

2. 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
乱: Nôm readings: loàn, làn, loán

1. Variant of 亂, see there for more details.