làn

flood

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

监 sound component

  Sound component

jiānjiàn

  

watch carefully

Evolution

滥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
滥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
滥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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làn

flood, overflow; excessive; overflowing; indiscriminate

Most common words with 滥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

滥用

to misuse

overflowing

泛滥

to be in flood

陈词滥调

cliché

滥杀

to massacre