栏 meaning and stroke order
Fence; railing; hurdle
How to write 栏, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 栏
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- fence
- railing
- hurdle
- column or box (of text or other data)
How 栏 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wood.
木 gives the meaning and 兰 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 栏
栏 is pictophonetic: 木 (wood) on the left gives the meaning, and 兰 (lán, orchid) on the right gives the sound. Picture a wooden fence built around a bed of orchids to protect them.
栏 rarely stands alone. It usually appears in words for physical barriers like 栏杆 (lángān, railing) and 护栏 (hùlán, guardrail), or for sections of text and media like 栏目 (lánmù, program segment) and 专栏 (zhuānlán, special column). Example: 他在报纸上有一个专栏。(Tā zài bàozhǐ shàng yǒu yí gè zhuānlán.) He has a column in the newspaper.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 栏 with 拦 (lán, to block), which has the hand radical 扌 and the same sound. Use 栏 for the fence or column itself, and 拦 for the action of stopping someone, as in 拦住他 (lán zhù tā).
Common words with 栏
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
栏 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 栏
How many strokes are in 栏?
栏 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 栏 mean?
栏 (lán) means fence; railing; hurdle. A common word with it is 栏目 (lánmù), meaning "regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)".
How do you pronounce 栏?
栏 is pronounced lán, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 栏?
The radical of 栏 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 栏 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 栏?
The traditional form of 栏 is 欄. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 栏 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 栏 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 栏 is part of the HSK 6 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say hurdles in athletics with 栏?
The hurdle race is 跨栏 (kuàlán), literally stepping over the fence. For example, 110米跨栏 is the 110-meter hurdles.
Can 栏 mean a box or field on a form?
Yes. 栏 can refer to a column or box of data, such as 备注栏 (bèizhù lán, remarks box) or 地址栏 (dìzhǐ lán, the address bar in a web browser).