Memory phrase for the Kanji: 乱


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Meaning

riot, confusion, disorder, arbitrary, upheaval

Pronunciation

luàn

Explanation

Left: tongue (Thousand mouths with tongues.), right: kneeling person

Mnemonic

If a tongue is 'twisted' like a kneeling person, it means: riot and confusion.

Radicals

tongue
lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".
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Vocabulary

 混乱  hùn luàn  confusion; chaos; disorder
 眼花缭乱  yǎn huā liáo luàn  to be dazzled
 缭乱  liáo luàn  dazzled; confused
 壬辰倭乱  rén chén wō luàn  Imjin war, Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598
 紊乱  wěn luàn  disorder; chaos
 捣乱  dǎo luàn  to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally
 捣乱  dǎo luàn  
 搅乱  jiǎo luàn  to confuse
 胡诌乱傍  hú zhōu luàn bàng  to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
 惟恐天下不乱  wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn  motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos; lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder
 叛乱  pàn luàn  armed rebellion
 叛乱  pàn luàn  

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