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銮

luán

Character Traditional 鑾

What 銮 means

1. imperial

Words starting with 銮

• 銮驾luán jiàimperial chariot

Words containing 銮

• 回銮huí luánreturn of the emperor
• 金銮殿jīn luán diànthrone room
• 鹅銮鼻É luán bíCape Eluanpi or Eluanbi, southernmost point of Taiwan Island

Characters built on 亦

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

• 挛luán(bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm
• 孪luántwins
• 峦luánmountain ranges
• 鸾luánmythical bird related to phoenix
• 娈luánbeautiful
• 栾luánKoelreuteria paniculata
• 脔luánskinny; sliced meat

Characters that look like 銮

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

• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 鉴jiànbronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 裔yì(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 酱jiàngthick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste
• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy

Sounds the same

Read luán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鸾mythical bird related to phoenix
• 峦mountain ranges
• 栾Koelreuteria paniculata
• 娈beautiful
• 挛(bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm
• 孪twins
• 滦river and county in Hebei Province
• 脔skinny; sliced meat
• 圞round