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鸾

luán

Character Traditional 鸞

What 鸾 means

1. mythical bird related to phoenix

Words starting with 鸾

• 鸾凤luán fèngluan and phoenix; husband and wife; virtuous person
• 鸾翔凤集luán xiáng fèng jílit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom); fig. a gathering of eminent people
• 鸾飘凤泊luán piāo fèng bólit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom); fig. bold, graceful calligraphy…
• 鸾翔凤翥luán xiáng fèng zhù(of calligraphy) full of power and grace

Words containing 鸾

• 镜鸾jìng luánto lose one's spouse
• 孤鸾年gū luán niáninauspicious year for marriage
• 颠鸾倒凤diān luán dǎo fèngto have sexual intercourse

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
• 銮luánimperial
• 娈luánbeautiful
• 栾luánKoelreuteria paniculata
• 脔luánskinny; sliced meat

Characters that look like 鸾

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

• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 葱cōngscallion; green onion
• 雳lìused in 霹雳
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 鸳yuānmandarin duck
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯

Sounds the same

Read luán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 峦mountain ranges
• 銮imperial
• 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