Dong Chinese dictionary

làn

flood

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

監 Sound component

jiān, jiàn

watch carefully

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

làn

flood, overflow; excessive; overflowing; indiscriminate

Most common words with 濫

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