乱 = 乙 + 舌

乱 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “riot”. It is built from 乙 (fish guts) and 舌 (tongue). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 76.

Keyword: riot
RTK frame: 76
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ラン, ロン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): みだ.れる, みだ.る, みだ.す, みだ, おさ.める, わた.る
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: бунт
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 乱 confusion

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 乱 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish guts” + “tongue”. 乱 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 乱 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.