JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 浪: "wandering, waves, billows"
The kanji 浪 means "wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ロウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1508 of 2,501 |
Common words with 浪
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 浪費waste; extravagance
- 浪人ronin; masterless samurai · high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
- 放浪wandering; roaming; drifting
- 浮浪者vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person
- 流浪vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
- 浪士ronin; lordless samurai
- 浪person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
- 浮浪児juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
- 浪人生student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
- 放浪者vagrant; vagabond; drifter
- 浮浪vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
- 流浪の民wandering people; nomadic tribe
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