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Water Loose Comic Mandala 漫 マン みだり.に、そぞ.ろ Cartoon

Kanji
Onyomi マン
Kunyomi みだり.に、そぞ.ろ
English cartoon, involuntarily, in spite of oneself, corrupt
Examples 漫画(まんが): cartoon; comic; comic strip
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1408
Components 水: water
曼: wide; beautiful
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword loose
Koohii Story 1 One obscure Tibetan sect-- the Otaku cult-- has an unusually loose interpretation of mandala drawing practice. Instead of traditional mandalas they draw mangas (漫画). They then pour water on the image to wash it away, and begin anew.
Koohii Story 2 Even NELSON MANDALA dreams of drops of WATER glistening on comic book/ anime girls with LOOSE morals. (This story has been edited in response reports).

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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