闌干

See also: 阑干

Chinese

		door-screen; exhausted; late	to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem
trad. (闌干)		闌	干
simp. (阑干)		阑	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lángān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lángān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lángan
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-kan¹
    • Yale: lán-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langan
    • Palladius: ланьгань (lanʹganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ kän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 欄杆 闌干

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• Middle Chinese: lan kan

Rime
Character	闌	干
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	落干切	古寒切
Baxter	lan	kan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑn/	/kɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑn/	/kɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑn/	/kɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lan/	/kan/
Li Rong	/lɑn/	/kɑn/
Wang Li	/lɑn/	/kɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑn/	/kɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán	gān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laan4	gon1

Adjective

闌干

1. (literary) crisscross

Noun

闌干

1. (alt. form 欄杆) banister; balustrade; railing

Synonyms

• 欄杆 (lángān)