Japanese symbol for “unstable”
波乱含み
はらんぶくみ
Romaji: haranbukumi
fraught with uncertainty; likely to be turbulent; unpredictable; volatile
In Japanese, unstable is 波乱含み, read はらんぶくみ (haranbukumi).
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Meanings
- adj-no fraught with uncertainty; likely to be turbulent; unpredictable; volatile; unstable; stormy
Written forms: 波乱含み、波瀾含み、波乱ぶくみ、波瀾ぶくみ. Readings: はらんぶくみ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “unstable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浮き草 | うきくさ ukikusa | precarious; unstable |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 電波 | でんぱ denpa | radio wave; reception; signal |
| 津波 | つなみ tsunami | tsunami; tidal wave |
| 波乱 | はらん haran | disturbance; trouble; commotion |
| 難波 | なにわ naniwa | Naniwa (former name for Osaka region) |
| 波長 | はちょう hachou | wavelength |
| 周波数 | しゅうはすう shuuhasuu | frequency (esp. of waveforms) |
| 混乱 | こんらん konran | disorder; chaos; confusion |
| 反乱 | はんらん hanran | insurrection; mutiny; rebellion |
| 含む | ふくむ fukumu | to contain; to comprise; to have |
See also: Chinese symbol for “unstable”.
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.