阑

railing; balustrade; door-screen; exhausted; late

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,333 U+9611

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

门 (semantic, “door”) + 柬 (phonetic, jiǎn)

components: 门柬

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 柬

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 柬 (jiǎn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
柬 sound component	jiǎn	card, letter, invitation, note
练	liàn	to drill, to exercise; to practice, to train
炼	liàn	to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
拣	jiǎn	to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
谏	jiàn	to admonish, to remonstrate
楝	liàn	Melia japonica

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
急性阑尾炎	jí xìng lán wěi yán	acute appendicitis (medicine)
阑尾切除术	lán wěi qiē chú shù	appendectomy (medicine)
夜阑人静	yè lán rén jìng	the still of the night (idiom); late at night
阑尾炎	lán wěi yán	appendicitis (medicine)
阑头	lán tóu	lintel; architrave
阑出	lán chū	to leave impulsively; to send out (merchandise) without authorization
阑风	lán fēng	continuous blowing of the wind
阑入	lán rù	to trespass; to mix; to mingle
阑干	lán gān	(literary) crisscross; uneven; disorderly; rim of the eye; variant of 欄杆\|栏杆[lan2 gan1]
阑尾	lán wěi	appendix; vermiform appendix (anatomy)
月阑	yuè lán	the halo of the moon
夜阑	yè lán	late at night; in the dead of night
阑遗	lán yí	unclaimed articles
更阑	gēng lán	deep night
雕阑	diāo lán	carved railings
夜阑珊	yè lán shān	late at night
岁阑	suì lán	late season of a year
勾阑	gōu lán	variant of 勾欄\|勾栏[gou1 lan2]
阑槛	lán jiàn	railing; fence; banisters
阑槛	lán kǎn	see 闌檻\|阑槛[lan2 jian4]