# 欄

| 欄 | U+6B04, &#27396; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B04 |
| ← 欃 [U+6B03] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 欅 → [U+6B05] |
| 欄 | U+F91D, &#63773; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91D |
| ← 卵 [U+F91C] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 爛 → [U+F91E] |
| 𣟬 | U+237EC, &#145388; 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 4792$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (lan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laan$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lan$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lân / nôa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lang$^5$ / nua$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lán
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lán
*** Wade–Giles: lan$^2$
*** Yale: lán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
*** Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /län³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laan$^4$
*** Yale: làahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* lân - literary;
* nôa - vernacular.
* 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 | laan$^4$ |
* 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
* railing; balustrade
* animal pen
* column or box
* (Cantonese) wholesaler
* 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
* 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)
* 欄架 / 栏架
* 欄柵 / 栏栅 (lánzhà)
* 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–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 欄 |
| Kyūjitai | 欄 &#xF91D; or 欄+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 欄󠄀 欄+&#xE0100; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 欄󠄃 欄+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 欄)
* handrail
* column
* blank, space

#### Readings

From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC lan):
* Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)
From Middle Chinese 欄 (MC lenH):
* Go-on: れん (ren)
* Kan-on: れん (ren)
From native Japanese roots:
* Kun: おばしま (obashima, 欄)、おり (ori, 欄)、てすり (tesuri, 欄)、わく (waku, 欄)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 欄
* らん Grade: S
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 欄 (kyūjitai)

### Noun

欄(らん) • (ran)
* column in a newspaper
* field in a form etc.

### References

* ↑ “欄”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1182 (paper), page 642 (digital)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɾa̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [란]

### Hanja

Wikisource 欄 (eumhun 난간 란 (nan'gan ran), word-initial (South Korea) 난간 난 (nan'gan nan))
* hanja form of 란/난 (“railing, balustrade”)
* hanja form of 란/난 (“animal pan”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

欄: Hán Nôm readings: lan, lang, lơn, lán, ràn
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation