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lán

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lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lán | lan2
English translation
basket; goal

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About lán

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of lán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮監

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

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

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Words with lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
篮球 lán qiú basketball籃球
lán basket (receptacle) lán
篮板 lán bǎn backboard籃板
投篮 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball)投籃
男篮 nán lán men's basketball男籃
篮子 lán zi basket籃子
摇篮 yáo lán cradle搖籃
扣篮 kòu lán slam dunk扣籃
篮球场 lán qiú chǎng basketball court籃球場
篮板球 lán bǎn qiú rebound (basketball)籃板球
摇篮曲 yáo lán qǔ lullaby搖籃曲
篮筐 lán kuāng basket籃筐
菜篮子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket菜籃子
竹篮 zhú lán wicker basket竹籃
提篮 tí lán a basket提籃
竹篮打水 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort竹籃打水

lán Decomposition & Compounds

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