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lǎn

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lǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǎn | lan3
English translation
cable, hawser, heavy-duty rope

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About lǎn

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Number of strokes

27

Traditional form

lǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of lǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹覽

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

lǎn

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Words with lǎn

Explore 11 words and sayings that include the Chinese character lǎn in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
电缆 diàn lǎn (electric) cable電纜
lǎn cable lǎn
缆车 lǎn chē cable car纜車
光缆 guāng lǎn optical cable光纜
缆绳 lǎn shéng cable纜繩
钢缆 gāng lǎn steel cable鋼纜
缆索 lǎn suǒ cable纜索
同轴电缆 tóng zhóu diàn lǎn coaxial cable同軸電纜
线缆 xiàn lǎn cable線纜
解缆 jiě lǎn to untie a mooring rope解纜
缆桩 lǎn zhuāng mooring bollard纜樁

lǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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