攔
lán HSK7

obstruct

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːn
Unicodelɑn

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

拦 lán obstruct Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 兰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攔.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

兰
兰 Sound component
lán orchid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode