Hanja Analyzer
亂

亂 — ran

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어지러울 란
Romanization
ran
English
confusion, state of chaos; create chaos, revolt
Mandarin
luàn
Japanese on'yomi
ラン, ロン
Japanese kun'yomi
みだ.れる みだ.る みだ.す みだ.れ おさ.める わた.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Variant forms
乱
Radical
乙 (5, 12 residual)
Unicode
U+4E82

How 亂 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 亂 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 𤔔, 乙.

Korean example words with 亂

  • 난타亂打 Korean gloss: 마구 때림
  • 봉란逢亂 Korean gloss: 난리를 당함
  • 난국亂局 Korean gloss: 어지러운 판국
  • 난정亂政 Korean gloss: 어지러운 정치
  • 격란激亂 Korean gloss: 몹시 심한 난리
  • 음란淫亂 Korean gloss: 음탕하고 난잡함
  • 난군亂軍 Korean gloss: 반란을 일으킨 군대
  • 난시亂時 Korean gloss: 세상이 어지러운 때
  • 난식亂植 Korean gloss: 나무를 함부로 심음
  • 난전亂箭 Korean gloss: 마구 쏟아지는 화살
  • 전란戰亂 Korean gloss: 전쟁으로 인한 난리
  • 군란軍亂 Korean gloss: 군대가 일으키는 난리

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Other hanja read “란”

Other hanja with radical 乙

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