# 蛮 — Barbarian

Frequency rank 2077 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 昂 (Rise), less common than 郁 (Cultural progress).

- On’yomi: ばん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 虫 Insect (Kangxi 142)
- Frequency path: Level XVI of XX

An umbrella on top shelters an insect and a cow below — a barbaric scene of insects crawling on a cow under an umbrella, primitive and uncivilized creatures huddling together.

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