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蛮

barbarian
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingバン
Kun readingえびす
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. barbarianRtK
  1. act of barbarity
  2. barbarism
  3. brutality
  4. savagery

Radicals and components

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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

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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