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lán

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lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lán | lan2
English translation
fence, railing, balustrade

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About lán

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of lán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木闌

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

lán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and lán represents the sound. Simplified form of lán .

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Words with lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lán fence lán
栏目 lánmù program (TV or radio)欄目
专栏 zhuān lán special column專欄
栅栏 zhà lán fence柵欄
栏杆 lán gān railing欄杆
围栏 wéi lán fencing圍欄
跨栏 kuà lán hurdles跨欄
牛栏 niú lán cattle pen牛欄
广告栏 guǎng gào lán bulletin board廣告欄
工具栏 gōng jù lán toolbar (in computer software)工具欄
凭栏 píng lán to lean on a parapet憑欄
布告栏 bù gào lán bulletin board佈告欄
任务栏 rèn wu lán taskbar (computing)任務欄
铁栏 tiě lán railing鐵欄
公布栏 gōng bù lán bulletin board公佈欄
高栏 gāo lán high hurdle高欄
勾栏 gōu lán brothel勾欄
栏栅 lán zhà barrier欄柵
标题栏 biāo tí lán title bar (of a window) (computing)標題欄

lán Decomposition & Compounds

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