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Mythic Mandarin

乱 (luàn): meaning and stroke order

乱 (luàn) means in confusion or disorder, in a confused state of mind, disorder, upheaval, riot.

乱

Simplified
乱
Traditional
亂
Pinyin
luàn

Stroke order of 乱

乱

  • luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 亂

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 乱

  1. luàn Traditional 亂
    • in confusion or disorder
    • in a confused state of mind
    • disorder
    • upheaval
    • riot
    • illicit sexual relations
    • to throw into disorder
    • to mix up
    • indiscriminate
    • random
    • arbitrary

Radical and structure

乱
Radical 乙 (Kangxi radical 5) · 7 strokes · 舌 on the left, 乚 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).