漫
漫 — Cartoon
cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained, in spite of oneself, corrupt
On’yomiマン (man)
Kun’yomiみだりに (midarini)
Kun’yomiそぞろ (sozoro)
Stroke order (14 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 漫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漫画 | まんが manga | cartoon; comic; comic strip |
| 漫画家 | まんがか mangaka | cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist |
| 漫才 | まんざい manzai | manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit |
| 放漫 | ほうまん houman | whimsy; looseness; indiscretion |
| 漫談 | まんだん mandan | chat; desultory conversation |
| 散漫 | さんまん sanman | vague; desultory; distracted |
Study notes
漫 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1408 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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