欄
lán HSK7

railing

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːn
Unicodelɑn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

栏 lán railing Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 兰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 欄.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
兰
兰 Sound component
lán orchid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode