欄

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]

Japanese	欄
Simplified	栏
Traditional	欄

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))

• 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

trad.		欄
simp.		栏
alternative forms		𣟬

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

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”).

欄

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

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).

• “欄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	欄
Kyūjitai [1][2]	欄 欄 or 欄+︀?
	欄󠄀 欄+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	欄󠄃 欄+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 欄)

1. handrail
2. column
3. blank, space

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)

欄(らん) • (ran) 

1. column in a newspaper
2. field in a form etc.

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [란]

Wikisource

欄 (eumhun 난간 란 (nan'gan ran), word-initial (South Korea) 난간 난 (nan'gan nan))

1. hanja form^? of 란/난 (“railing, balustrade”)
2. hanja form^? of 란/난 (“animal pan”)

欄: Hán Nôm readings: lan, lang, lơn, lán, ràn

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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