EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to become overgrown; to grow thick

    Usually written using kana alone

    大都会には罪悪がはびこっている。
    There is much crime in the big cities.
  2. to spread; to run rampant; to thrive; to prevail; to become powerful

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 蔓る【はびこる】

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Characters in this word

2
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vine, tendril, influence, connections, good offices, spread, sprawl, thrive, rampant, powerful

Kun
はびこ.るつる
On
マンバン
Strokes
14
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
grass

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-3-11, 2-4-11SKIP code
3k11.15The Kanji Dictionary
4440.7Four corner code
8513Unicode hex code
1-44-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4039Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5180New Nelson (John Haig)
2975Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2074Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2359Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2445Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2192Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31784XMorohashi
man4, man2, wan4Pinyin reading
manKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

prolong, stretching

Kun
の.びるの.べるの.べの.ばす
On
エン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
747 of 2500
Radical
long stride
WaniKani
Level 30

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Used in names as

たかのぶのべ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-5, 3-2-5SKIP code
2q5.4The Kanji Dictionary
1240.1Four corner code
3567deroo
5ef6Unicode hex code
1-17-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1547Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1657New Nelson (John Haig)
3073New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3812Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1952Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2646Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
392Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
419Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
758A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
739Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
706Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9569XMorohashi
814A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1115Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1167Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
743sakade
514Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
831henshall3
858Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
689Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
599Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
399Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level