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蛮

barbarian
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. barbarianRtK
    指を使うことは野蛮なのだろうか。Is using fingers uncivilized?tatoeba
    彼は全くの野蛮人だ。He is quite a savage.tatoeba
  1. act of barbarity
  2. barbarism
  3. brutality
  4. savagery

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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apple · insect (虫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1884

Compound words

南蛮なんばん
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
蛮行ばんこう
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
蛮勇ばんゆう
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
野蛮やばん
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
蛮夷ばんい
savages
蛮境ばんきょう
land of the barbarians
蛮襟ばんカラ
scruffy
蛮語ばんご
language spoken by the Emishi
蛮隷ばんれい
slaves of the barbarians
緜蛮めんばん
chirping of a small bird
南蛮黍なんばんきび
corn
南蛮人なんばんじん
Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)
南蛮船なんばんせん
foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
蛮カラばんカラ
scruffy
蛮からばんカラ
scruffy
夷蛮戎狄いばんじゅうてき
the barbarians beyond the borders of old China
南蛮繁縷なんばんはこべ
berry catchfly (Silene baccifera)

Additional Examples

指を使うことは野蛮なのだろうか。
Is using fingers uncivilized?tatoeba
教養の点では彼らは野蛮人と同じ程度だ。
In culture, they are on the same plane as savages.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

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