栏 (lán): fence, railing, hurdle
栏 (lán) is a Chinese character meaning “fence.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 兰 (phonetic). It ranks #2065 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 栏 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- fence
- railing
- hurdle
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专栏 | zhuān lán | special column |
| 栅栏 | zhà lán | fence |
| 栏杆 | lán gān | railing |
| 围栏 | wéi lán | fencing |
| 护栏 | hù lán | guardrail |
| 栏目 | lán mù | regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program) |
| 跨栏 | kuà lán | hurdles |
| 广告栏 | guǎng gào lán | advertising column (in a newspaper) |
| 公布栏 | gōng bù lán | bulletin board |
| 牛栏 | niú lán | cattle pen |
| 布告栏 | bù gào lán | bulletin board |
| 凭栏 | píng lán | to lean on a parapet |
| 任务栏 | rèn wu lán | taskbar (computing) |
| 工具栏 | gōng jù lán | toolbar (in computer software) |
| 斯通亨治石栏 | sī tōng hēng zhì shí lán | Stonehenge stone circle |
栏 appears in 36 compound words: 19 as the first character, 78 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 栏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
请填写表格中的这一栏，写上您的联系方式。
Qǐng tiánxiě biǎogé zhōng de zhè yī lán, xiě shang nín de liánxì fāngshì.
Please fill in this column of the form with your contact information.
赤柱Tesla自炒撼栏 车头铲上行人路幸无伤
chì zhù zì chǎo hàn lán chē tóu chǎn shàng háng rén lù xìng wú shāng
Stanley Tesla driver crashes into railing, front end scrapes sidewalk—no injuries reported
男子骑车出游经南横疑自撞护栏 坠边坡送医不治
nán zǐ qí chē chū yóu jīng nán héng yí zì zhuàng hù lán zhuì biān pō sòng yī bù zhì
Man dies after falling from slope during cycling trip on South Cross-Island Highway, suspected to have collided with guardrail
8岁男骑车游南横 撞护栏抛飞摔溪底亡
suì nán qí chē yóu nán héng zhuàng hù lán pāo fēi shuāi xī de wáng
Eight-year-old boy dies after crashing into guardrail and being thrown into stream while cycling along South Cross-Island Highway
机车擦撞南横瓦筏哈桥护栏 骑士摔落送医仍不治
jī chē cā zhuàng nán héng wǎ 筏 hā qiáo hù lán qí shì shuāi luò sòng yī réng bù zhì
Motorcycle collides with guardrail on Nanhe Bridge in Wafu, rider thrown from bike and dies after being hospitalized
南横公路惊传坠桥!骑士疑过弯失控撞护栏 坠17层楼深溪谷身亡
nán héng gōng lù jīng chuán zhuì qiáo ! qí shì yí guò wān shī kòng zhuàng hù lán zhuì céng lóu shēn xī gǔ shēn wáng
Motorcyclist Plunges to Death in 17-Story Ravine After Crashing Through Guardrail on Nanhe Highway
住宅围栏应该多高？
Zhùzhái wéilán yīnggāi duō gāo?
How high should a home fence be?
花园被木栅栏围了起来。
Huāyuán bèi mù zhàlán wéi le qǐlai.
The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.
他的单车撞上了栏杆。
Tā de dānchē zhuàng shàng le lángān.
His bike ran into a guard-rail.
沿着栅栏走时, 他看到了一只老鼠。
Yánzhe zhàlán zǒushí, tā kàn dào le yī zhī lǎoshǔ.
Walking along the fence he noticed a mouse.
Character Family
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