lán

accuse falsely

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
lán, làn door screen

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

accuse falsely Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
door screen

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːn
ɡ·raːnʔ
ɡ·raːns

說文解字

怟讕也。从言闌聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica