欄
column, handrail, blank, space
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
20 of 50- 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
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.