欄

See also: 栏

欄 U+6B04, 欄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B04 ← 欃 [U+6B03] CJK Unified Ideographs 欅 → [U+6B05]

欄 U+F91D, 欄 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91D ← 卵 [U+F91C] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 爛 → [U+F91E]

𣟬 U+237EC, 𣟬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-237EC ← 𣟫 [U+237EB] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𣟭 → [U+237ED]

Translingual

Japanese	欄
Simplified	栏
Traditional	欄

Han character

欄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+17 in Chinese, 木+16 in Japanese, 21 strokes in Chinese, 20 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 木日弓田 (DANW), four-corner 4792₀, composition ⿰木闌(TK) or ⿰木䦨(J))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 562, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15880
• Dae Jaweon: page 951, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1322, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6B04

• Unihan data for U+F91D

Chinese

trad.		欄
simp.		栏
alternative forms		𣟬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːn): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sinitic *lian. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Note similarities to Burmese ရန်း (ran:, “to erect railings, barriers”), as well as the following Sinitic words:

• 攔 (OC *ɡ·raːn, “to obstruct, impede”)
• 攬 (OC *ɡ·raːmʔ, “to grasp, take hold of”)
• 纜 (OC *ɡ·raːms, “hawser, cable rope”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lán (lan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lan³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân / nôa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ / nua⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lán
    • Wade–Giles: lan²
    • Yale: lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laan⁴
    • Yale: làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lan²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân
    • Tâi-lô: lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nôa
    • Tâi-lô: nuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nuã²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /nuã²⁴/

Note:

• lân - literary;
• nôa - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵ / nua⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng / nuâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/, /nua⁵⁵/
Note:
• lang5 - literary;
• nua5 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: lan

Rime
Character	欄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落干切
Baxter	lan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lan/
Li Rong	/lɑn/
Wang Li	/lɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欄
Reading #	1/1
No.	6121
Phonetic component	柬
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蘭
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːn/

Definitions

欄

1. railing; balustrade
2. animal pen
3. column or box
4. (Cantonese) wholesaler
5. lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)

Compounds

• 中欄 / 中栏
• 低欄 / 低栏
• 勾欄 / 勾栏 (gōulán)
• 勾欄使者 / 勾栏使者
• 圍欄 / 围栏 (wéilán)
• 存欄 / 存栏
• 專欄 / 专栏 (zhuānlán)
• 專欄作家 / 专栏作家
• 布告欄 / 布告栏 (bùgàolán)
• 憑欄 / 凭栏 (pínglán)
• 曲欄 / 曲栏 (qūlán)
• 柵欄 / 栅栏
• 欄干 (lángān)
• 欄杆 (lángān)
• 欄柵 / 栏栅 (lánzhà)
• 欄架 / 栏架
• 欄楯 / 栏楯
• 欄櫃 / 栏柜
• 欄目 / 栏目 (lánmù)
• 烏絲欄 / 乌丝栏
• 牛欄 / 牛栏 (niúlán)
• 護欄 / 护栏 (hùlán)
• 跨欄 / 跨栏 (kuàlán)
• 跨欄運動 / 跨栏运动
• 通欄 / 通栏
• 邊欄 / 边栏
• 鉤欄 / 钩栏
• 鐵欄杆 / 铁栏杆
• 雕欄 / 雕栏
• 馬欄 / 马栏 (Mǎlán)
• 高欄 / 高栏

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 欄 – see 楝 (“bead tree, formerly known as Melia japonica, a tree in the mahogany family”). (This character is a variant form of 楝).

References

• “欄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–