JLPT N2 · Noun

欄 (ran)

欄 (らん, ran) is a Japanese noun meaning “section (e.g. in a newspaper); column”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
らん
Romaji
ran
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; page · noun, suffix noun
  2. field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank · noun, suffix noun
  3. handrail; railing; banister; balustrade · noun · orig. meaning

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.
注はページの下欄についている。
The notes are at the bottom of the page.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 欄

Source: JMdict entry 1549350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.