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Translingual
Han character
闌 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓木田火 (ANDWF), four-corner 77906, composition ⿵門柬)
Derived characters
- 㘓(𪢌), 孄(𫝮), 㦨, 攔(拦), 瀾(澜), 斕(斓), 欄(栏), 爛(烂), 瓓(𬎑), 襴(襕), 𥽭(𬖺), 讕(谰), 躝(𨅬), 鑭(镧), 蘭(𬞕/兰), 籣(𮆏)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1339, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41433
- Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4307, character 11
- Unihan data for U+95CC
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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蘭
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*ɡ·raːn
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攔
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*ɡ·raːn
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欄
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*ɡ·raːn
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瀾
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*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
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讕
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*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
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闌
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*ɡ·raːn
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韊
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*ɡ·raːn
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幱
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*ɡ·raːn
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籣
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*ɡ·raːn
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躝
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*ɡ·raːn
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爛
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*ɡ·raːns
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爤
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*ɡ·raːns
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鑭
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*ɡ·raːns
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糷
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*ɡ·raːns
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斕
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*ɡ·reːn
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揀
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*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
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柬
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*kreːnʔ
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暕
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*kreːnʔ
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諫
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*kraːns
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練
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*ɡ·reːns
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鍊
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*ɡ·reːns
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煉
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*ɡ·reːns
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楝
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*ɡ·reːns
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萰
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*ɡ·reːns
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堜
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*ɡ·reːns
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湅
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*ɡ·reːns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːn): semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 柬 (OC *kreːnʔ).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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闌
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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lán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ lan ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁan/
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English
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railing
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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闌
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6124
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Phonetic component
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柬
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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蘭
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡ·raːn/
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Definitions
闌
- door screen
- railing; fence
- to exhaust; to use up; to end; to finish; to wane
- late (in time)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
闌
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䦨)
- rise high
- be well along
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 闌 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 闌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
闌 • (ran>nan) (hangeul 란>난, revised ran>nan, McCune–Reischauer ran>nan, Yale lan>nan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
闌: Hán Nôm readings: làn, lan
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