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wandering
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. wanderingRtK
    彼は何ヶ月もヨーロッパを放浪してきた。He has been wandering over Europe for months.tatoeba
    彼は父から受けついだものを浪費した。He wasted that which he had received from his father.tatoeba
  2. waves
  3. billows
  4. reckless
  5. unrestrained
  1. ronin
  2. masterless samurai
  3. high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
  4. person out of work
  5. jobless person

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1580

Compound words

波浪はろう
waves; billows; surge
放浪ほうろう
wandering; roaming; drifting
流浪るろう
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
浪人ろうにん
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person
浪費ろうひ
waste; extravagance
浮浪者ふろうしゃ
vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo
高浪たかなみ
high waves
津浪つなみ
tsunami
浮浪ふろう
vagrancy
浪速なにわ
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
浪漫ロマン
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances)
浪曼ロマン
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances)
滄浪そうろう
blue waves
浪打際なみうちぎわ
water's edge
天竺浪人てんじくろうにん
wandering lordless samurai
浪打ち際なみうちぎわ
water's edge

Additional Examples

彼は財産を賭け事に浪費した。
He consumed his fortune gambling.tatoeba
彼は何ヶ月もヨーロッパを放浪してきた。
He has been wandering over Europe for months.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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