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濫 = 水 + 監

濫 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “overflow”. It is built from 水 (water) and 監 (oversee). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1563.

Keyword
overflow
RTK frame
1563
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ラン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みだ.りに, みだ.りがましい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
excessive, переполнение
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
濫 flood

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 監 oversee

How to find 濫 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “oversee”. 濫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 濫 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.