攬

See also 揽

Translingual

simpl.		揽
trad.		攬

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 覽 – to grasp with the hand.

Han character

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

1. grasp, take hold of
2. monopolize

Quotations

• 335, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion:

  每攬昔人興感之由，

  …

  後之攬者，亦將有感於斯文。

Descendants

• 揽

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

攬 (simplified 揽, Yale laam5)

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Japanese

Kanji

攬

Readings

• On: らん (ran)
• Kun: とる (toru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

攬 (simplified 揽, pinyin lǎn (lan3), Wade-Giles lan³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

攬 (lãm)