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濫

excessive
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingラン
Kun readingみだ.りに、みだ.りがましい
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. excessive
    突然、川が増水して氾濫した。All of a sudden, the river rose and broke its banks.tatoeba
    町には情報が氾濫している。In the city, the information is flooding.tatoeba
  2. overflowRtK
  3. spread out

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · oversee · retainer · slave · reclining · lying down · one (一) · floor · dish (皿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1563

Compound words

氾濫はんらん
overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge; oversupply
汎濫はんらん
overflowing
濫獲らんかく
overfishing
濫入らんにゅう
intrusion
濫発らんぱつ
random firing
濫用らんよう
abuse
濫立らんりつ
standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.)
濫觴らんしょう
source
はん濫はんらん
overflowing
氾濫原はんらんげん
flood plain
濫りにみだりに
without authority
河川氾濫かせんはんらん
flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)
外水氾濫がいすいはんらん
flooding caused by overflowing of rivers (e.g. breaching levee banks)
内水氾濫ないすいはんらん
flooding within the confines of a levee (i.e. caused by surface runoff, drainage failure, etc.)
濫りがわしいみだりがわしい
morally corrupt

Additional Examples

台風で川が氾濫した。
The typhoon caused the river to flood.tatoeba
川が氾濫して広い地域が水浸しになった。
The river flooded a large area.tatoeba

Stroke Order

18 strokes

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