浪 — kanji meaning “wandering”
浪
wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
- Meanings
- wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
- On'yomi
- ロウ (rou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- なに、なみ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1508 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- làng — Chinese character page
Words with 浪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浪人 | ろうにん rounin | ronin; masterless samurai |
| 浪費 | ろうひ rouhi | waste; extravagance |
| 放浪 | ほうろう hourou | wandering; roaming; drifting |
| 流浪 | るろう rurou | vagrancy; wandering; nomadism |
| 波浪 | はろう harou | waves; billows; surge |
| 浪曲 | ろうきょく roukyoku | rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen |
| 浪漫 | ロマン roman | romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale |
| 浪花節 | なにわぶし naniwabushi | naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period |
| 浮浪 | ふろう furou | vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around |
| 浪士 | ろうし roushi | ronin; lordless samurai |
| 浮浪者 | ふろうしゃ furousha | vagrant; vagabond; tramp |
| 放浪癖 | ほうろうへき hourouheki | vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust |
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