濫 means “overflow, excess”

らん · ran

Also: excessive, spread out

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): みだりに, みだりがましい
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ラン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 18 strokes

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Water (氵) beside 監, an eye (臣) bent over a basin (皿): picture the basin filling until it spills over the rim. 濫 goes past the limit: 氾濫 is flooding, and 濫用, abuse of power or drugs, is often written 乱用 in newspapers.

Used in 氾濫 (hanran, flooding), 濫用 (ran'you, abuse/misuse), and 濫獲 (rankaku, overfishing/overhunting)

濫 means “overflow, excess”

The story

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