瀾
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See also: 澜
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Translingual
Han character
瀾 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 水日弓田 (EANW), four-corner 37120, composition ⿰氵闌)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 661, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18722
- Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1790, character 9
- Unihan data for U+703E
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 瀾 |
|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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, *ɡ·raːns) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 瀾 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 澜 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 㳕 | |
| alternative forms | 灡／𬉠 | |
浪 (làng, “wave”) may be a colloquial variant. Phonetically too distant to be related to Thai คลื่น (klʉ̂ʉn, “wave”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): laan4
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lang2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6le
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lán
- Wade–Giles: lan2
- Yale: lán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
- Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /län³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: laan4
- Yale: làahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: laan4
- Guangdong Romanization: lan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lang2
- Sinological IPA (key): /laŋ¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: lan
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤanʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːn/
Definitions
瀾
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 瀾 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 澜 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 㳕 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: làn
- Wade–Giles: lan4
- Yale: làn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lann
- Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /län⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: laan6
- Yale: laahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: laan6
- Guangdong Romanization: lan6
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: lanH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːns/
Definitions
瀾
Compounds
Etymology 3
| trad. | 瀾 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 澜 | |
| alternative forms | 涎 灠／𰜐 漤 潾 㘓／𪢌 | |
A dialectal variant of 涎 (OC *ljan, “saliva”) in the South (Schuessler, 2007; Xu and Iwata, 2014).
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): luìng
- Eastern Min (BUC): lāng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nua3
- Southern Min
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lân
- Hakka Romanization System: lanˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lan1
- Sinological IPA: /lan²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: lanˋ
- Sinological IPA: /lan⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: luìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /luiŋ⁴²/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃aŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: nua3
- Sinological IPA (key): /nua⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: nua3
- Sinological IPA (key): /nua³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǒa
- Tâi-lô: nuǎ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /nuã²²/
- IPA (Lukang, Jinjiang): /nuã³³/
- IPA (Philippines): /nua³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: nua6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nuă
- Sinological IPA (key): /nua³⁵/
Definitions
瀾
- (chiefly Hakka, Min, Southern Wu) saliva
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 口水 (“saliva; drool”)
Compounds
References
- “瀾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- “Entry #13003”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
Kanji
瀾
- large waves
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 瀾 (MC lan|lanH). Recorded as Middle Korean 란 (lan) (Yale: lan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
瀾 (eumhun 물결 란 (mulgyeol ran), word-initial (South Korea) 물결 난 (mulgyeol nan))
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
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Readings
- Nôm: lan, tràn
References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999