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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲):  (water) + 

Han character [edit]

(radical 85 +17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 水日弓田 (EANW), four-corner 37120)

  1. overflowing
  2. waves, ripples

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 661, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18722
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1790, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+703E

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , Yale laan4)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul 란>난, revised ran>nan, McCune-Reischauer ran>nan, Yale lan>nan)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin lán (lan2), Wade-Giles lan2)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(lan)

Readings [edit]

  • Nôm: lan, tràn

References [edit]

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999