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罱

lǎn

Character

What 罱 means

1. a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net
2. to dredge with such a tool

Words starting with 罱

• 罱泥船lǎn ní chuánboat used for collecting river sludge (to use as a fertilizer)

Sounds the same

Read lǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 懒lazy
• 览to look at; to view; to read
• 揽to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc)
• 缆cable; hawser; to moor
• 榄(bound form) olive
• 𡒄disappointed
• 漤to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste…
• 灠variant of 漤
• 㨫variant of 擥
• 孄old variant of 懒
• 孏old variant of 懒
• 擥variant of 揽

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