欄

column, handrail, blank, space

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ラン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

てすり

Stroke Order

20 / 20

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:20

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1523

Vocabulary

ラン

Word	Reading	Meaning
本欄	ホンラン	this column
空欄	クウラン	blank column; blank space
欄外	ランガイ	margin
欄干	ランカン	railing; guard rail; handrail; banister; balustrade; parapet; (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
家庭欄	カテイラン	family column (newspaper)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
欄	らん	section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; page; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing; banister; balustrade
欄間	らんま	transom
雑報欄	ざっぽうらん	general news column
経済欄	けいざいらん	(newspaper's) financial columns
テ欄	テらん	television listings

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