欄

See also: 栏

欄 U+6B04, 欄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B04 ← 欃 [U+6B03] CJK Unified Ideographs 欅 → [U+6B05]

欄 U+F91D, 欄 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91D ← 卵 [U+F91C] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 爛 → [U+F91E]

Translingual

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)

References

• KangXi: 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

• Unihan data for U+F91D

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, OC *ɡ·raːn): 木 (“wood”) + 闌.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sinitic *lian.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lán (lan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân / nôa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ / nua⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lán
    • Wade–Giles: lan²
    • Yale: lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁴
    • Yale: làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân
    • Tâi-lô: lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nôa
    • Tâi-lô: nuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nuã²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /nuã²⁴/

Note:

• lân - literary;
• nôa - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lang⁵ / nua⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng / nuâ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/, /nua⁵⁵/

Note:

• lang5 - literary;
• nua5 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /lɑn/

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːn/

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

• 中欄／中栏
• 低欄／低栏
• 勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán)
• 勾欄使者／勾栏使者
• 存欄／存栏
• 專欄／专栏 (zhuānlán)
• 專欄作家／专栏作家
• 布告欄／布告栏
• 憑欄／凭栏 (pínglán)
• 曲欄／曲栏 (qūlán)

• 柵欄／栅栏 (zhàlán)
• 欄干／栏干
• 欄杆／栏杆 (lángān)
• 欄架／栏架
• 欄柵／栏栅 (lánzhà)
• 欄楯／栏楯
• 欄櫃／栏柜
• 欄目／栏目 (lánmù)
• 烏絲欄／乌丝栏
• 牛欄／牛栏 (niúlán)

• 護欄／护栏 (hùlán)
• 跨欄／跨栏 (kuàlán)
• 跨欄運動／跨栏运动
• 通欄／通栏
• 邊欄／边栏
• 鉤欄／钩栏
• 鐵欄杆／铁栏杆
• 雕欄／雕栏
• 馬欄／马栏 (Mǎlán)
• 高欄／高栏

Etymology 2

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	欄
Kyūjitai	欄 欄 or 欄+︀?
	欄󠄀 欄+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	欄󠄃 欄+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

欄

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 欄)

1. handrail
2. column
3. blank, space

Readings

From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC lɑn):

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

From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC len^H):

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: おばしま (obashima, 欄); おり (ori, 欄); てすり (tesuri, 欄); わく (waku, 欄)

Noun

欄(らん) • (ran) 

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

Korean

Hanja

欄 (eumhun 난간 란 (nan'gan ran), 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

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References

• Nom Foundation