lán

ragged

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

Components
衤 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

is a component form of .

监 sound component

  Sound component

jiānjiàn

  

watch carefully

Evolution

褴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
褴 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
褴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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lán

ragged, tattered, threadbare; ragged garments

Most common words with 褴
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Word
Meaning

褴褛

ragged

ragged garments