lǎn

grasp

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

覽 sound component

  Sound component

lǎn

  

look at

Evolution

攬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
攬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
攬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lǎn

grasp, take hold of; monopolize; to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass

Most common words with 攬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to seize

招揽

to attract (customers)

包揽

to monopolize

一揽子

all-inclusive

承揽

to contract for an entire project