EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    overflowing; flood; inundation; deluge

    川が氾濫して広い地域が水浸しになった。
    The river flooded a large area.
  2. oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)

Also written はん濫【はんらん】汎濫【はんらん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spread out, wide

Kun
ひろ.がる
On
ハン
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
Radical
water

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3a2.3The Kanji Dictionary
3711.2Four corner code
6c3eUnicode hex code
1-40-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2483Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3033New Nelson (John Haig)
226Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
172Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2301Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1518Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
143Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
17101Morohashi
2136Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
fan4Pinyin reading
beomKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

excessive, overflow, spread out

Kun
みだ.りにみだ.りがましい
On
ラン
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Radical
water

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
1-3-15, 1-3-14SKIP code
3a15.3The Kanji Dictionary
3811.7Four corner code
374deroo
6febUnicode hex code
1-45-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2724Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3366New Nelson (John Haig)
801New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
990Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
544Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
713Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1454Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1563Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2046A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1858Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18521Morohashi
1892A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1944Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2132Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1508Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1894Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1512Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1258Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1466Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lan4Pinyin reading
ram, hamKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)