瀾 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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lán

overflowing

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

闌 Sound component

lán

door screen

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lán

overflowing; waves, ripples; swelling water

Most common words with 瀾

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	波澜	billows
	力挽狂澜	to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
	澜	swelling water
	推波助澜	to encourage sth to get bigger
	杨澜	Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess