攬

See also: 揽

攬 U+652C, 攬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-652C ← 攫 [U+652B] CJK Unified Ideographs 攭 → [U+652D]

Translingual

Han character

攬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+21, 24 strokes, cangjie input 手尸田山 (QSWU), four-corner 5801₆, composition ⿰扌覽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 465, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13046
• Dae Jaweon: page 814, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1992, character 3
• Unihan data for U+652C

Chinese

trad.		攬
simp.		揽
alternative forms		擥／㧛 覽／览

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 攬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (監) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
藍	*ɡ·raːm
襤	*ɡ·raːm
籃	*ɡ·raːm
懢	*ɡ·raːm, *ɡ·raːms
儖	*ɡ·raːm
蘫	*ɡ·raːm, *qʰlaːms
攬	*ɡ·raːmʔ
欖	*ɡ·raːmʔ
覽	*ɡ·raːmʔ
爁	*ɡ·raːmʔ, *ɡ·raːms, *ɡ·rams
擥	*ɡ·raːmʔ
灠	*ɡ·raːmʔ
濫	*ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ
嚂	*ɡ·raːms, *kʰlaːms, *qʰlaːmʔ
纜	*ɡ·raːms
監	*kraːm, *kraːms
礛	*kraːm
鑑	*kraːm, *kraːms, *kraːms
艦	*ɡraːmʔ
檻	*ɡraːmʔ, *ɡraːms
壏	*ɡraːmʔ
轞	*ɡraːmʔ
鹽	*ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːmʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 覽 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ) – to grasp with the hand.

Etymology

Note similarities with 欄 (OC *ɡ·raːn, “railing, balustrade”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎn (lan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laam⁵ / laam^5-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lam²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lám

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lam³ / nam³

• Jin (Wiktionary): lan²
• Northern Min (KCR): lǎng
• Eastern Min (BUC): lāng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam² / nam²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lan³
    • Yale: lǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laan
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laam⁵ / laam^5-2
    • Yale: láahm / láam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁵ / laam^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁵ / lam^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm¹³/, /laːm¹³⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lám
    • Hakka Romanization System: lam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lam³
    • Sinological IPA: /lam³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lam³ / nam³
    • Sinological IPA: /lam³¹/, /nam³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lan²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /læ̃⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Klang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lám
    • Tâi-lô: lám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larm
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an): /lam⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /lam⁴²/
    • Sinological IPA (Hui'an): /lam⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, Taipei, Klang): /lam⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam² / nam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lám / nám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵²/, /nam⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le
    • MiniDict: le^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃an⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lamX

Rime
Character	攬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧敢切
Baxter	lamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑmX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑmX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lamX/
Li Rong	/lɑmX/
Wang Li	/lɑmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laam5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攬
Reading #	1/1
No.	6088
Phonetic component	監
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	覽
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːmʔ/
Notes	同擥

Definitions

攬

1. to grasp, to take hold of

   已攬件／已揽件  ―  yǐ lǎnjiàn  ―  to have picked up an item or package

2. to monopolize; to control
3. to pick; to gather
4. to take on; to adopt
5. (Cantonese, Gan, Min) to hug; to embrace in the arms
6. (Cantonese) fitting (tube connector)

   Alternative form: 欖 / 榄

   • 2016 January 5, “2016年01月05日的聆訊紀錄本 [Transcript of the Hearing held on 05 January 2015]”, in 食水含鉛超標調查委員會 [Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water]‎, page 5:

     燒焊接駁方法與欖接駁方法相比，較少有漏水情況出現，故一般會採用燒焊接駁方法。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     烧焊接驳方法与榄接驳方法相比，较少有漏水情况出现，故一般会采用烧焊接驳方法。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     siu¹ hon^6-2 zip³ bok³ fong¹ faat³ jyu⁵ laam⁵ zip³ bok³ fong¹ faat³ soeng¹ bei², gaau³ siu² jau⁵ lau⁶ seoi² cing⁴ fong³ ceot¹ jin⁶, gu³ jat¹ bun¹ wui⁵ coi² jung⁶ siu¹ hon^6-2 zip³ bok³ fong¹ faat³. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摟 (“to hug; to embrace”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		擁, 摟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摟抱, 擁抱
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	摟
	Taiwan	摟, 抱
	Singapore	擁抱, 抱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	摟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	摟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抱, 摟
	Wuhan	箍, 摟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	摟, 抱
	Hefei	摟, 抱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攬
	Hong Kong	攬
	Taishan	攬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攬
Gan	Nanchang	攬, 箍
Hakka	Meixian	揇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攬
Jin	Taiyuan	摟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	抱
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兜, 攬
	Matsu	攬
Southern Min	Xiamen	攬
	Quanzhou	攬
	Zhangzhou	攬
	Taipei	攬
	Kaohsiung	攬
	Penang (Hokkien)	攬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攬
	Manila (Hokkien)	抱, 抱抱, 攬
	Chaozhou	攬
Wu	Shanghai	搿
	Suzhou	搿
	Wenzhou	搩
Xiang	Changsha	箍, 摟
	Shuangfeng	傘, 箍

Compounds

• 一手包攬 / 一手包揽
• 一攬包收 / 一揽包收
• 一攬子 / 一揽子 (yīlǎnzi)
• 兜攬 / 兜揽 (dōulǎn)
• 兜攬生意 / 兜揽生意
• 包攬 / 包揽 (bāolǎn)
• 包攬詞訟 / 包揽词讼 (bāolǎn císòng)
• 包攬閒事 / 包揽闲事
• 叨攬 / 叨揽
• 大權獨攬 / 大权独揽 (dàquándúlǎn)
• 巴攬 / 巴揽
• 延攬 / 延揽 (yánlǎn)
• 把攬 / 把揽 (bǎlǎn)
• 承攬 / 承揽 (chénglǎn)
• 抖攬 / 抖揽
• 承攬契約 / 承揽契约
• 抱攬 / 抱揽
• 招攬 / 招揽 (zhāolǎn)
• 招是攬非 / 招是揽非
• 招災攬禍 / 招灾揽祸
• 招風攬火 / 招风揽火
• 摟攬 / 搂揽
• 攀今攬古 / 攀今揽古
• 攀藤攬葛 / 攀藤揽葛
• 攬事 / 揽事
• 攬凳 / 揽凳
• 攬勝 / 揽胜
• 攬勝圖 / 揽胜图
• 攬大頭 / 揽大头
• 攬客 / 揽客 (lǎnkè)
• 攬工 / 揽工
• 攬戶 / 揽户
• 攬攬錫錫 / 揽揽锡锡
• 攬權 / 揽权 (lǎnquán)
• 攬權納賄 / 揽权纳贿
• 攬活兒 / 揽活儿
• 攬涕 / 揽涕
• 攬濕布衫 / 揽湿布衫
• 攬炒 / 揽炒 (lǎnchǎo)
• 攬狗屎 / 揽狗屎
• 攬秀 / 揽秀
• 攬筆 / 揽笔
• 攬總 / 揽总
• 攬羊 / 揽羊
• 攬衣 / 揽衣
• 攬要 / 揽要
• 攬貨 / 揽货
• 攬身攬勢 / 揽身揽势
• 攬載 / 揽载
• 攬轡 / 揽辔
• 攬轡澄清 / 揽辔澄清
• 攬野火 / 揽野火
• 攬鏡 / 揽镜
• 攬閒事 / 揽闲事
• 攬頭 / 揽头
• 攬頭攬頸 / 揽头揽颈
• 收攬 / 收揽
• 收攬人心 / 收揽人心 (shōulǎnrénxīn)
• 無攬無拈 / 无揽无拈
• 獨攬 / 独揽 (dúlǎn)
• 相攬 / 相揽
• 結攬 / 结揽
• 綜攬 / 综揽
• 總攬 / 总揽 (zǒnglǎn)
• 要攬 / 要揽

References

• “攬”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

攬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らん (ran)
• Kun: とる (toru, 攬る)

Korean

Hanja

攬 • (ram>nam) (hangeul 람>남, revised ram>nam, McCune–Reischauer ram>nam, Yale lam>nam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

攬: Hán Nôm readings: lãm

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