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谰

lán

Character Traditional 讕

What 谰 means

1. to make a false charge

Words starting with 谰

• 谰言lán yánslander; calumny; to accuse unjustly
• 谰调lán diàoslander; calumny; to accuse unjustly

Characters built on 阑

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

• 澜lánswelling water
• 斓lánused in 斑斓
• 镧lánlanthanum (chemistry)

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)
• 褴used in 褴褛