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

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)⁺
  - 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.

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
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

railing; balustrade
animal pen
column or box
(Cantonese) wholesaler
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 [1][2]	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)

handrail
column
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)

column in a newspaper
field in a form etc.

References

“欄”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1182 (paper), page 642 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

Korean

Hanja

欄 (eumhun 난간 란 (nan'gan ran), South Korea 난간 난 (nan'gan nan))

Hanja form^? of 란/난 (“railing, balustrade”).
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

[1] “欄”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

[2] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1182 (paper), page 642 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)