乱 — riot, war, disorder

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• らん ran
• ろん ron

Kun'yomi

• みだ.れる mida.reru
• みだ.る mida.ru
• みだ.す mida.su
• みだ mida
• おさ.める osa.meru
• わた.る wata.ru

Words that use 乱

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 混乱 こんらん disorder JLPT N3
• 乱暴 らんぼう violence JLPT N2
• 内乱 ないらん civil war JLPT N1
• 乱す みだす to throw into disorder JLPT N1
• 乱れる みだれる to be disordered JLPT N1
• 乱用 らんよう abuse JLPT N1
• 反乱 はんらん insurrection JLPT N1