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镧

lán

Character Traditional 鑭

What 镧 means

1. lanthanum (chemistry)

Words starting with 镧

• 镧系元素lán xì yuán sùlanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 镧

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
• 谰lánto make a false charge

Characters that look like 镧

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

• 镭léiradium (chemistry)
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 龌wòdirty; small-minded
• 镛yōnglarge bell
• 龋qǔdecayed teeth; dental caries
• 斓lánused in 斑斓

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
• 褴used in 褴褛
• 谰to make a false charge