Dong Chinese dictionary

lán

door screen

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound.

Components

門 Meaning component

mén

door

柬 Sound component

jiǎn

letter

闌 and 柬 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.闌 /*[r]ˤan/
柬 /*kˤr[a]nʔ/

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lán

door screen; railing fence; railing; balustrade; door-screen; exhausted; late

Most common words with 闌

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (2 verified)

Sources