luán

mountain range

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

䜌 sound component

  Sound component

luán

  

tie together

Evolution

巒 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
巒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
巒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
巒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

luán

mountain range; pointed mountain; mountain ranges

Most common words with 巒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

山峦

mountain range

mountain ranges

峰峦

high mountain range

层峦叠嶂

range upon range of mountains (idiom)

重峦叠嶂

range upon range of mountains (idiom)