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褴

lán

Character Traditional 襤

What 褴 means

1. used in {褴褛|lán lu : 3}

Words starting with 褴

• 褴褛lán lǚ(of clothes) ragged; shabby

Characters built on 监

These share the phonetic component 监 (jiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蓝lánblue; indigo plant
• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 篮lánbasket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
• 尴gānused in 尴尬
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold

Characters that look like 褴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 碳tàncarbon (chemistry)
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 橛juéa peg; low post

Sounds the same

Read lán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 篮basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
• 蓝blue; indigo plant
• 拦to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 栏fence; railing; hurdle
• 婪avaricious
• 兰orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)…
• 岚(bound form) mountain mist
• 澜swelling water
• 阑railing; balustrade; door-screen
• 斓used in 斑斓
• 镧lanthanum (chemistry)
• 谰to make a false charge