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]

𣟬	U+237EC, 𣟬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-237EC

← 𣟫
[U+237EB]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B

𣟭 →
[U+237ED]

Translingual

Japanese	欄
Simplified	栏
Traditional	欄

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(TK) or ⿰木䦨(J))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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／形声, OC *ɡ·raːn) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sinitic *lian. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Note similarities to Burmese ရန်း (ran:, “to erect railings, barriers”), as well as the following Sinitic words:

攔 (OC *ɡ·raːn, “to obstruct, impede”)
攬 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ, “to grasp, take hold of”)
纜 (OC *ɡ·raːms, “hawser, cable rope”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lán (lan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laan⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lan³
Southern Min
(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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: laan⁴
  - Yale: làahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lan²²/
Southern Min
- (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: lan

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/
Bernhard 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

Compounds

Etymology 2

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

References

“欄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 欄)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC lan):

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

From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC lenH):

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]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1182 (paper), page 642 (digital)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾa̠n]
Phonetic hangul: [란]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

欄

Wikisource

欄 (eumhun 난간 란 (nan'gan ran), word-initial (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]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1182 (paper), page 642 (digital)

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