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

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闌 (阑)

lán

Definition

railing
balustrade
door-screen
exhausted
late

Character Decomposition

Compounds (11)

爛

làn

soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad

蘭

lán

orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant; fragrance; fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

欄

lán

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

攔

lán

to stop; to hold back; to bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to block (sb's path); to flag down (a taxi)

swelling water

to make a false charge

see 斑斕

lanthanum (chemistry)

bow case; quiver

to pass; to step over; to creep; to twine round

襴

lán

full length gown (old)

Related words (19)

闌入

lán rù

to trespass; to mix; to mingle

闌出

lán chū

to leave impulsively; to send out (merchandise) without authorization

lintel; architrave

appendix; vermiform appendix (anatomy)

see 闌檻

railing; fence; banisters

tired and exhausted

coming to an end; waning

unclaimed articles

continuous blowing of the wind

闌尾炎

lán wěi yán

appendicitis (medicine)

闌尾切除術

lán wěi qiē chú shù

appendectomy (medicine)

夜闌

yè lán

late at night; in the dead of night

歲闌

suì lán

late season of a year

deep night

the halo of the moon

carved railings

late at night

acute appendicitis (medicine)

Idioms (1)

夜闌人靜

yè lán rén jìng

the still of the night (idiom); late at night

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