lán

obstruct

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

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

兰 sound component

  Sound component

lán

  

orchid

Evolution

拦 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
拦 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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lán

obstruct, impede, bar, hinder; to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)

Most common words with 拦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to obstruct

拦住

to stop

拦截

to intercept

阻拦

to stop

拦网

to block