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lán = l + an2
railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late
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How to pronounce 阑

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= l initial

L is for Sir Lancelot.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

阑 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
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jiǎn = ji + an3
abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jian3 pu3 zhai4], Cambodia
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jiǎn = ji + an3
card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3]
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Characters with 阑 as component

lán = l + an2
swelling water
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lán = l + an2
lanthanum (chemistry)
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lán = l + an2
used in 斑斕|斑斓[ban1 lan2]
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Words with 阑

appendix / vermiform appendix (anatomy)
appendicitis (medicine)
the still of the night (idiom) / late at night

Sentences with 阑

阑 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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lán

railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late

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