to monopolize / to seize / to take into one's arms / to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc) / to canvass
to monopolize; to seize / to take into one's arms; to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass

揽 character breakdown

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
to look at / to view / to read

= + + : There's an exhibition (览) of kitchen knives (刂) in the anthill (an3), and Sir Lancelot (l) cannot resist but to steal one of the knifes. Unfortunately the robot (大) used his hidden surveillance camera (见) to record the deed.

Characters with 揽 as component

揽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 揽

to concentrate power in one's own hands

Sentences with 揽

揽 currently does not appear in any sentence.