欄 – column, handrail, blank

20 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1523 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 欄 means column, handrail, blank, space. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ラン (ran); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is てすり (tesuri). It is written with 20 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ラン	ran
Kun’yomi	てすり	tesuri

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: ｜・一・日・木・門・田.

Words using 欄

欄らんsection (e.g. in a newspaper)

Example sentences

一番最初に見るのはスポーツ欄だよ。

I always read the sports page first.

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注はページの下欄についている。

The notes are at the bottom of the page.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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