滥

overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,965 U+6EE5

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 监 (phonetic, jiān)

components: 氵监

indiscriminate · Heisig RSH #2498

水 water + hidden camera

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 监

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 监 (jiān) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
监 sound component	jiān	to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
蓝	lán	blue; indigo plant; surname
篮	lán	basket; goal
槛	kǎn	threshold, door frame
尴	gān	embarrassed; ill-at-ease
褴	lán	ragged, tattered, threadbare

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
滥用权力	làn yòng quán lì	abuse of power
下三滥	xià sān làn	riffraff; scum; lowlife; despicable; inferior
滥好人	làn hǎo rén	sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
滥用职权	làn yòng zhí quán	abuse of power
陈词滥调	chén cí làn diào	cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
滥套子	làn tào zi	platitude; pointless talk
粗制滥造	cū zhì làn zào	to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
滥用	làn yòng	to misuse; to abuse
滥交	làn jiāo	to fall into bad company; to make acquaintances indiscriminately
滥情	làn qíng	fickle in love; sentimentality
滥调	làn diào	hackneyed talk; platitude
滥权	làn quán	to abuse one's authority; to misuse power
滥杀	làn shā	to kill indiscriminately; to massacre
泛滥成灾	fàn làn chéng zāi	lit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions
浮滥	fú làn	excessive; exorbitant; excessively
宁缺勿滥	nìng quē wù làn	same as 寧缺毋濫\|宁缺毋滥[ning4 que1 wu2 lan4]
滥刑	làn xíng	indiscriminate punishment
滥杀无辜	làn shā wú gū	willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
俗滥	sú làn	clichéd; tacky
狂轰滥炸	kuáng hōng làn zhà	to bomb indiscriminately