闌

阑
闌
lán = l + an2
railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late

闌 character breakdown

柬
jiǎn = ji + an3
abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jian3 pu3 zhai4], Cambodia
柬 = 木 + 囗 + 丷 : Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
柬
jiǎn = ji + an3
card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3]
柬 = 木 + 囗 + 丷 : Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
门
門
mén = m + (e)n2
surname Men
门
門
mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.

Characters with 闌 as component

兰
蘭
lán = l + an2
surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
兰
蘭
lán = l + an2
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
兰 = 三 + 丷 : In the anthill's kitchen Lancelot sees a mean crocodile and wants to capture it with a coordinate system. The crocodile just wants to be friends with Lancelot though and gives him an orchid.
烂
爛
làn = l + an4
soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad
烂 = 兰 + 火 : Sir Lancelot (l) is taking a bath in the anthill's bathroom (an4). The bathtub is sitting on a fire (火), so the water is really hot. Sir Lancelot has added a few orchids (兰) to the bath, but because the water is so warm, they're all mushy and rotten (烂).
栏
欄
lán = l + an2
fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)
栏 = 兰 + 木 : Lancelot (l) is taking part in a hurdles (栏) race just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The hurdles are made out of orchids (兰) and Christmas trees (木). For sure tomorrow there will be a special column (栏) about this event in the newspaper.
拦
攔
lán = l + an2
to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi)
拦 = 兰 + 扌 : Sir Lancelot is rushing through the anthill's kitchen. He tries to flag down a taxi using a toy claw and an orchid.
澜
瀾
lán = l + an2
swelling water
镧
鑭
lán = l + an2
lanthanum (chemistry)
斓
斕
lán = l + an2
used in 斑斕|斑斓[ban1 lan2]
孄
lǎn = l + an3
old variant of 懶|懒[lan3]
籣
lán = l + an2
bow case / quiver
襕
襴
lán = l + an2
full length gown (old)
谰
讕
lán = l + an2
to make a false charge
躝
lán = l + an2
to pass / to step over / to creep / to twine round

Words with 闌

雕
雕
阑
闌
carved railings
阑
闌
风
風
continuous blowing of the wind

Sentences with 闌

闌 currently does not appear in any sentence.