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    3. 蛮

    蛮

    蛮えびす

    barbarian

    N1KMT10Freq #2339Core ConceptsKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    えびす

    On'yomi

    バン

    barbarian

    亦虫

    亠
    丿
    亅
    口
    虫
    丨

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    虻蛍蝦蚊蛾蟻蟹蛙嵐颪変亦

    Concepts using this kanji

    野蛮

    savage

    蛮行

    act of barbarity

    南蛮

    southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

    野蛮人

    barbarian

    南蛮人

    Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese)

    野蛮国

    uncivilized country

    蛮人

    savage

    未開野蛮

    primitive and barbarous

    南蛮渡来

    imported to Japan by early European traders

    真南蛮

    incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India)

    蛮力

    brute force

    蛮民

    savage people

    蛮地

    savage land

    蛮国

    barbarian country

    蛮的

    savage

    土蛮

    uncivilized indigenes

    南蛮貿易

    Nanban trade

    南蛮寺

    Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century

    南蛮船

    foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

    蛮触の争い

    fighting over nothing

    南蛮辛子

    chili pepper

    南蛮菓子

    confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized

    チキン南蛮

    fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce

    南蛮宗

    Christianity

    蛮声

    rough voice

    蛮族

    barbarian tribe

    蛮語

    language spoken by the Emishi

    蛮風

    barbarous customs

    蛮岩

    conglomerate

    南蛮屏風

    painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan

    南蛮煮

    sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew

    蛮習

    barbarous custom

    鴨南蛮

    noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions

    南蛮漬け

    roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

    蛮骨

    brute courage

    鶏南蛮

    chicken nanban

    南蛮黍

    corn

    南蛮繁縷

    berry catchfly (Silene baccifera)

    蛮刀

    barbarian's sword

    綿蛮

    chirping of a small bird

    蛮勇

    foolhardiness

    蛮僧

    foreign priest

    西蛮蜀黍

    Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)

    蛮カラ

    scruffy

    蛮夷

    savages

    蛮隷

    slaves of the barbarians

    夷蛮戎狄

    the barbarians beyond the borders of old China

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丨
    • 丿
    • 亅
    • 亠
    • 口
    • 虫

    is_used_in

    • 南蛮
    • 南蛮人
    • 南蛮船
    • 蛮夷
    • 蛮カラ
    • 蛮語
    • 蛮行
    • 蛮骨
    • 蛮習
    • 蛮声
    • 蛮的
    • 蛮風
    • 蛮民
    • 蛮勇
    • 蛮力
    • 蛮隷
    • 野蛮
    • 野蛮人
    • 蛮人
    • 蛮族
    • 蛮地
    • 夷蛮戎狄
    • 南蛮渡来
    • 未開野蛮
    • 綿蛮
    • 南蛮辛子
    • 南蛮黍
    • 南蛮貿易
    • 南蛮菓子
    • 鴨南蛮
    • 蛮僧
    • 南蛮煮
    • チキン南蛮
    • 南蛮漬け
    • 野蛮国
    • 蛮触の争い
    • 南蛮繁縷
    • 西蛮蜀黍
    • 南蛮宗
    • 南蛮寺
    • 蛮刀
    • 土蛮
    • 真南蛮
    • 鶏南蛮
    • 蛮国
    • 南蛮屏風
    • 蛮岩

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