Japanese symbol for “infestation”
蔓延
まんえん
Romaji: man'en
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation
In Japanese, infestation is 蔓延, read まんえん (man'en).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
Written forms: 蔓延、まん延、蔓衍. Readings: まんえん.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “infestation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侵襲 | しんしゅう shinshuu | invasion; infestation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔓延る | はびこる habikoru | to become overgrown; to grow thick |
| 手蔓 | てづる tezuru | connections; contacts; influence |
| 蔓草 | つるくさ tsurukusa | vine; creeper |
| 日陰蔓 | ひかげのかずら hikagenokazura | common clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum); stag's-horn clubmoss; running clubmoss |
| 甘茶蔓 | あまちゃづる amachazuru | jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum) |
| 延長 | えんちょう enchou | extension; elongation; prolongation |
| 延期 | えんき enki | postponement; deferment; adjournment |
| 遅延 | ちえん chien | delay; latency |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.