Dong Chinese dictionary

lán

door screen

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 闌.

Components

门 Meaning component

mén

door

柬 Sound component

jiǎn

letter

阑 and 柬 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.阑 /*[r]ˤan/
柬 /*kˤr[a]nʔ/

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

lán

door screen; railing fence; railing; balustrade; door-screen; exhausted; late

Most common words with 阑

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

Sources