瀾

See also: 澜

瀾 U+703E, 瀾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-703E ← 瀽 [U+703D] CJK Unified Ideographs 瀿 → [U+703F]

Translingual

Han character

瀾 (radical 85, 水+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 水日弓田 (EANW), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵闌)

References

• 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瀾
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	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, OC *ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		瀾
simp.		澜
alt. forms		㳕 second round simp.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lán (lan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
    • IPA ^(key): /la̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁴
    • Yale: làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân
    • Tâi-lô: lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng
    • IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɑn/, /lɑn^H/▼

Rime
Character	瀾	瀾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	落干切	郎旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑn/	/lɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑn/	/lɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑn/	/lɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lan/	/lanH/
Li Rong	/lɑn/	/lɑnH/
Wang Li	/lɑn/	/lɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑn/	/lɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán	làn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːn/, /*ɡ·raːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瀾	瀾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6122	6132
Phonetic component	柬	柬
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	蘭	爛
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːn/	/*ɡ·raːns/

Definitions

瀾

1. billow
2. ripple

Compounds

• 力挽狂瀾／力挽狂澜 (lìwǎnkuánglán)
• 安瀾／安澜
• 層瀾／层澜
• 平地波瀾／平地波澜
• 推波助瀾／推波助澜
• 文瀾閣／文澜阁

• 歷瀾／历澜
• 汍瀾／汍澜 (wánlán)
• 波瀾／波澜 (bōlán)
• 波瀾壯闊／波澜壮阔
• 波瀾老成／波澜老成
• 瀾汗／澜汗

• 瀾滄江／澜沧江 (Láncāng Jiāng)
• 瀾翻／澜翻
• 狂瀾／狂澜 (kuánglán)
• 米瀾／米澜
• 蒸漚歷瀾／蒸沤历澜

Etymology 2

trad.		瀾
simp.		澜
alt. forms		㳕 second round simp.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làn (lan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): lān / lǎn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: làn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lann
    • IPA ^(key): /la̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁶
    • Yale: laahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lān
    • Tâi-lô: lān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lan²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎn
    • Tâi-lô: lǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²²/

Definitions

瀾

1. Only used in 瀾漫／澜漫.

Etymology 3

trad.		瀾
simp.		澜
alt. forms		涎 灠 漤 潾 㘓

From 涎 (OC *ljan, “saliva”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lan¹

• Min Dong (BUC): lāng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): nōa / nǒa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nua⁶

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lân
    • Hakka Romanization System: lan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lan¹
    • IPA: /lan²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lan¹
    • IPA: /lan⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nōa
    • Tâi-lô: nuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /nuã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nuã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǒa
    • Tâi-lô: nuǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nuã²²/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /nuã³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nua⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nuă
    • IPA ^(key): /nua³⁵/

Definitions

瀾

1. (chiefly Min) saliva

Compounds

• 口瀾／口澜

• 喙瀾／喙澜

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

瀾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. large waves

Readings

• On (unclassified): らん (ran)
• Kun: なみ (nami, 瀾)

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Korean

Hanja

瀾 • (ran>nan) (hangeul 란>난, revised ran>nan, McCune–Reischauer ran>nan, Yale lan>nan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瀾 (lan)

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Readings

• Nôm: lan, tràn

References

• 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