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乱 U+4E71, 乱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E71 ← 买 [U+4E70] CJK Unified Ideographs 乲 → [U+4E72]

Stroke order

Japanese	乱
Simplified	乱
Traditional	亂

乱 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+6, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 竹口山 (HRU), four-corner 2261₀, composition ⿰舌乚)

• 𠉗, 𭈅, 𭡃, 𪾬, 𮔑, 𮛛, 𦯠

• 亂 (Traditional form of 乱)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 84, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 187
• Dae Jaweon: page 171, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 53, character 17
• Unihan data for U+4E71

Unorthodox form (俗字) of 亂, according to the character's listing in the Kangxi dictionary (正字通).

For pronunciation and definitions of 乱 – see 亂 (“disorderly; messy; chaotic; unstable; volatile; turbulent; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 亂).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Shinjitai	乱
Kyūjitai	亂

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亂)

1. chaos, disorder

   Antonym: 治

2. disorderly

   Synonym: 濫

• Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: ろん (ron)
• Kun: みだれる (midareru, 乱れる, Jōyō)、みだす (midasu, 乱す, Jōyō)、みだりに (midari ni, 乱りに)

Kanji in this term
乱
らん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
亂 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 亂 (MC lwanH).

• IPA^(key): [ɾã̠ɴ]
• (Tokyo) らん [ráꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])

乱(らん) • (ran) 

1. chaos, disorder

   治(ち)にて乱(らん)を忘(わす)れず。

   Chi nite ran o wasure zu.

   Keep chaos in mind while in peace.

2. revolt, rebellion

   紅(こう)巾(きん)の乱(らん)

   kōkin no ran

   the Red Turban Rebellion

乱: Hán Việt readings: loạn^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
乱: Nôm readings: loàn^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}, làn^[4][5][6], loán^[5][6]

1. Variant of 亂, see there for more details.