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阑
闌
lán
1. railing
2. balustrade
3. door-screen
4. exhausted
5. late
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

阑
lán
screen door, railing, fence
12 丶

Compound Words (20)

勾阑
gōulán
variant of [[勾欄|勾栏<gōulán>]]
夜阑
yèlán
late at night
更阑
gēnglán
deep night
月阑
yuèlán
the halo of the moon
岁阑
suìlán
late season of a year
阑入
lánrù
to trespass
阑出
lánchū
to leave impulsively
阑尾
lánwěi
appendix
阑干
lángān
(literary) crisscross
阑槛
lánjiàn
railing
阑槛
lánkǎn
see [[闌檻|阑槛<lánjiàn>]]
阑殚
lándān
tired and exhausted
阑珊
lánshān
coming to an end
阑遗
lányí
unclaimed articles
阑头
lántóu
lintel
阑风
lánfēng
continuous blowing of the wind
雕阑
diāolán
carved railings
夜阑珊
yèlánshān
late at night
阑尾炎
lánwěiyán
appendicitis (medicine)
夜阑人静
yèlánrénjìng
the still of the night (idiom)

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,715
Word Frequency Rank
2,383 of 84,292

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