栏 - lán - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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21 strokes
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欄 (栏)

lán

Definition

fence
railing
hurdle
column (of text or other data)
box (of text or other data)

Character Decomposition

Related words (28)

欄位

lán wèi

(numeric, data) field

pen; animal yard

railing; banister

hurdle

barrier

regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)

special column

low hurdles (track event)

to lean on a parapet

brothel; theater; carved balustrade

圍欄

wéi lán

fencing; railings; fence

handrail

fence

cattle pen

pen for livestock

hurdles; hurdle race (athletics)

鐵欄

tiě lán

metal grille; railing; bars

high hurdle

name of radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 22); see also 匚

taskbar

a side-bar (in software)

bulletin board

judgment bar

toolbar (in computer software)

bulletin board

title bar (of a window) (computing)

menu bar (computing)

hurdling; hurdles race (athletics event)

Idioms (1)

倚欄望月

yǐ lán wàng yuè

to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)

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