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爛

be sore, inflamed, bleary, fester

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ラン

Kun'yomi

  • ただ.れる

Meaning

爛 centers on tissue breaking down from injury or disease: being sore, inflamed, or festering. The bleary sense extends this to eyes that are red and irritated as if inflamed.

Most common words using 爛

  • 絢爛けんらん

    gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery

  • 天真爛漫てんしんらんまん

    innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike

  • 爛漫らんまん

    in full bloom; in full glory; glorious; luxuriant; splendid

  • 爛れただれ

    sore; inflammation; ulceration

  • 爛々らんらん

    glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

  • 糜爛びらん

    sore; erosion; ulceration; abscess; decomposition (of a body)

  • 春爛漫はるらんまん

    spring in full bloom; spring at its height

  • 桜花爛漫おうからんまん

    riot of cherry blossoms

  • 燦爛さんらん

    brilliant; bright; radiant

  • 爛らん

    brilliant; bright

  • 爛らかすただらかす

    to cause to be inflamed

  • 爛れるただれる

    to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to fester

  • 爛柯らんか

    go (board game)

  • 爛死らんし

    burning to death

  • 爛熟らんじゅく

    overripeness

  • 爛熟期らんじゅくき

    one's full maturity

  • 絢爛華麗けんらんかれい

    luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent

  • 絢爛豪華けんらんごうか

    luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling

  • 膿み爛れるうみただれる

    to fester

  • 豪華絢爛ごうかけんらん

    luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent

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Etymology

爛 combines 火 (fire) with 闌, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something spreading or breaking down. The character suggests tissue breaking down as if burned or inflamed.

Meaning mnemonic

Fire 火 on the left and the complex 闌 on the right suggest a wound that feels like it is burning and spreading. Picture a sore that becomes inflamed and festers, as if fire is trapped inside.

Reading mnemonic

For ラン, imagine a runner with a festering sore that makes them run awkwardly: run -> ラン, and the inflamed wound burns like fire.