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欄

column, handrail, blank, space

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes20

Readings

On'yomi

  • ラン

Kun'yomi

  • てすり

Meaning

欄 centers on a bounded section or barrier: a column in a table or text, a handrail that marks an edge, or a blank space to be filled. The meanings share the idea of a defined area or frame.

Most common words using 欄

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  • 欄らん
    N2

    section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; page

  • 空欄くうらん

    blank column; blank space

  • 欄干らんかん

    railing; guard rail; handrail; banister; balustrade; parapet

  • 欄外らんがい

    margin

  • 欄間らんま

    transom

  • 本欄ほんらん

    this column

  • 投稿欄とうこうらん
    N1

    reader's column; letters-to-the-editor column

  • 求人欄きゅうじんらん
    N1

    jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)

  • コメント欄コメントらん

    comments section; comment field

  • コメ欄コメらん

    comments section (on a blog, website, application, etc.); comment field

  • テレビ欄テレビらん

    TV listings (e.g. in newspaper); TV guide; TV schedules

  • テ欄テらん

    television listings

  • ラテ欄ラテらん

    TV and radio listings (in a newspaper, etc.)

  • ラ欄ラらん

    radio listings

  • リプ欄リプらん

    reply section (e.g. on Twitter)

  • 三行広告欄さんぎょうこうこくらん

    classified ads

  • 上欄じょうらん

    top or preceding horizontal column

  • 下欄からん

    text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

  • 不欄ふらん

    space without columns

  • 乙欄おつらん

    column B (e.g., in a form); second column

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Study

Etymology

欄 combines 木 (wood) with 闌, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a barrier or railing. The original sense is a wooden handrail or fence, later extended to columns and blank spaces.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is wood 木, and the right side 闌 looks like a gate or barrier. Picture a wooden handrail marking off a column of space, like a railing along a balcony or a blank form waiting to be filled.

Reading mnemonic

For ラン, imagine running your hand along a wooden handrail: run -> ラン, and the railing guides you along the column.