浪
浪 — Wandering
wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
On’yomiロウ (rou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 浪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浪人 | ろうにん rounin | ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination |
| 浮浪者 | ふろうしゃ furousha | vagrant; vagabond; tramp |
| 放浪 | ほうろう hourou | wandering; roaming; drifting |
| 浪費 | ろうひ rouhi | waste; extravagance |
| 浪曲 | ろうきょく roukyoku | rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen |
| 浪花節 | なにわぶし naniwabushi | naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period |
Study notes
浪 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1508 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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