# 乱 disorder

舌 (tongue) + (hook)
★★★☆☆
7 strokes

## Onyomi

RAN |

## Mnemonic

| I RAN amok, causing disorder by stabbing folks' tongues with hooks!!

## Kunyomi

( を ) みだ＊す | I mess shit up so it is disorderly ★★☆☆☆
( が ) みだ＊れる | to be chaotic, to become disordered and messy ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

乱暴(らんぼう) | violent ★★★★☆ 乱 (disorder) + 暴 (rampage) = 乱暴 (violent) violent - "He's a violent guy" or "She's a violent /crazy driver" - violent weather, (can be noun OR adjective OR verb!)
混乱(こんらん) する | confusion ★★★☆☆ 混 (mix) + 乱 (disorder) = 混乱 (confusion) What you are experiencing right now while studying Japanese!

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
机 | desk | DIAPER |
乱 | disorder | TONGUE | 舌
札 | card / label / bill | TREE | 木
礼 | polite | NECROPHILIAC | ネ

There's a DIAPER on my desk,

so use your TONGUE to clean up that disorder.
The card was printed on TREE bark.
NECROPHILIACS are very polite because they never get a lady pregnant or give her an STD.

## Synonyms

violence 乱暴 暴力