Kanji N2

乱: riot, war, disorder

乱 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning riot, war, disorder, written with 7 strokes. It is read ラン, ロン (on) and みだれる, みだる, みだす (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 混乱 (こんらん, disorder) and 乱暴 (らんぼう, violence).

乱

Meanings

  • riot
  • war
  • disorder
  • disturb
Strokes7
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#755 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ラン
  • ロン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みだれる
  • みだる
  • みだす
  • みだ
  • おさめる
  • わたる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 乱

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 混乱こんらん

    disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

    JLPT N3
  • 乱暴らんぼう

    violence; assault; rowdiness; wildness

    JLPT N2
  • 反乱はんらん

    insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt

    JLPT N1
  • 乱れるみだれる

    to be disordered; to be disarranged

    JLPT N1
  • 内乱ないらん

    civil war; insurrection; rebellion

    JLPT N1
  • 乱すみだす

    to throw into disorder; to disarrange

    JLPT N1
  • 波乱はらん

    disturbance; trouble; commotion; uproar; turmoil

  • 乱れみだれ

    disorder; disturbance; unrest

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.