欄

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See also: 栏
欄 U+6B04, 欄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B04
← 欃
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 欅 →

欄 U+F91D, 欄
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91D
← 卵
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 爛 →

𣟬 U+237EC, 𣟬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-237EC
← 𣟫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𣟭 →

Translingual

Japanese 欄
Simplified 栏
Traditional 欄

Han character

欄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+17 in Chinese, 木+16 in Japanese, 21 strokes in Chinese, 20 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 木日弓田 (DANW), four-corner 47920, composition ⿰木闌(TK) or ⿰木䦨(J))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 562, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15880
  • Dae Jaweon: page 951, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1322, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6B04

Chinese

trad. 欄
simp. 栏
alternative forms 𣟬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘭 *ɡ·raːn
攔 *ɡ·raːn
欄 *ɡ·raːn
瀾 *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕 *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌 *ɡ·raːn
韊 *ɡ·raːn
幱 *ɡ·raːn
籣 *ɡ·raːn
躝 *ɡ·raːn
爛 *ɡ·raːns
爤 *ɡ·raːns
鑭 *ɡ·raːns
糷 *ɡ·raːns
斕 *ɡ·reːn
揀 *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬 *kreːnʔ
暕 *kreːnʔ
諫 *kraːns
練 *ɡ·reːns
鍊 *ɡ·reːns
煉 *ɡ·reːns
楝 *ɡ·reːns
萰 *ɡ·reːns
堜 *ɡ·reːns
湅 *ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːn): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sinitic *lian. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Note similarities to Burmese ရန်း (ran:, “to erect railings, barriers”), as well as the following Sinitic words:

  • 攔 (OC *ɡ·raːn, “to obstruct, impede”)
  • 攬 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ, “to grasp, take hold of”)
  • 纜 (OC *ɡ·raːms, “hawser, cable rope”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lân - literary;
  • nôa - vernacular.
Note:
  • lang5 - literary;
  • nua5 - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 欄
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 寒 (61)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 落干切
    Baxter lan
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɑn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/lɑn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/lɑn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/lan/
    Li
    Rong         		/lɑn/
    Wang
    Li         		/lɑn/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/lɑn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		laan4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 欄
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6121
    Phonetic
    component         		柬
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		蘭
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡ·raːn/

    Definitions

    欄

    1. railing; balustrade
    2. animal pen
    3. column or box
    4. (Cantonese) wholesaler
    5. lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of 欄 – see 楝 (“bead tree, formerly known as Melia japonica, a tree in the mahogany family”).
    (This character is a variant form of 楝).

    References

    Japanese

    Shinjitai 欄
    Kyūjitai
    欄
    欄
    or
    欄+︀?
    欄󠄀
    欄+󠄀?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    欄󠄃
    欄+󠄃?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
    The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.
    See here for details.

    Kanji

    欄

    (Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 欄)

    1. handrail
    2. column
    3. blank, space

    Readings

    From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC lan):

    • Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
    • Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)

    From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC lenH):

    From native Japanese roots:

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    欄
    らん
    Grade: S
    on'yomi
    Alternative spelling
    欄 (kyūjitai)

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    欄(らん) • (ran) 

    1. column in a newspaper
    2. field in a form etc.

    References

    1. ^ “欄”, in 漢字ぺディア ‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
    2. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1182 (paper), page 642 (digital)

    Korean

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    欄 (eumhun 난간 란 (nan'gan ran), word-initial (South Korea) 난간 난 (nan'gan nan))

    1. hanja form? of 란/난 (“railing, balustrade”)
    2. hanja form? of 란/난 (“animal pan”)

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    欄: Hán Nôm readings: lan, lang, lơn, lán, ràn

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    References

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