Kanji

蔓

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

14 strokes

Radical

艸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

マン, バン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はびこる, つる

Example sentences

蔓延 まんえん
感染症の蔓延を防ぐため、学校は行事を延期した。

The school postponed the event to prevent the spread of an infectious disease.

蔓 つる
庭のフェンスに蔓が絡んでいる。

A vine is tangled around the garden fence.

巻きつく まきつく
朝顔の蔓が支柱に巻きついた。

The morning glory vine wrapped itself around the support stake.

蔓延る はびこる
悪い噂がすぐに蔓延る

Bad rumors spread quickly.

Example Vocabulary

蔓延

まんえん

spread; prevalence

蔓

つる

vine; tendril; arm of glasses; useful connection

蔓延る

はびこる

to spread; to be rampant; to grow thickly

蔓草

つるくさ

金蔓

かねづる

芋蔓式

いもづるしき

蔓薔薇

つるばら

蔓植物

つるしょくぶつ

手蔓

てづる

蔓性

つるせい

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