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漫

cartoon
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingマン
Kun readingみだり.に、そぞ.ろ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. cartoon
    彼は放漫だったので失脚した。He lost his job through his irresponsibility.tatoeba
    彼は授業中漫画本を読んでいるところを見つかった。He was caught reading a comic book in class.tatoeba
  2. involuntarily
  3. unrestrained
  4. in spite of oneself
  5. corrupt
  6. looseRtK
  1. comic
  2. comic strip
  3. manga

Popular Usage

漫画

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · mandala · sun (日) · day (日) · eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 893

Compound words

漫画まんが
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
散漫さんまん
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted
漫談まんだん
chat; desultory conversation
漫才まんざい
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
漫画家まんがか
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
緩漫かんまん
slow
冗漫じょうまん
verbosity
漫然まんぜん
aimless
浪漫ロマン
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances)
瀰漫びまん
spread
漫ろにそぞろに
in spite of oneself
由婁漫イルマン
brother
瀰漫性びまんせい
diffuse
四齣漫画よんこままんが
four-panel comic strip
天心爛漫てんしんらんまん
innocent
天真爛漫てんしんらんまん
innocent
漫ろ歩きそぞろあるき
slow, relaxed walk
瀰漫性脱毛症びまんせいだつもうしょう
diffuse alopecia
瀰漫性軸索損傷びまんせいじくさくそんしょう
diffuse axonal injury

Additional Examples

彼はいつも漫画を読んでいる。
He's always reading comics.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 漫

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