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烂

làn

rotten

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 兰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 爛.

Components
火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

兰 sound component

兰  Sound component

lán

  

orchid

Evolution

烂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
烂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
烂 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
烂 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

烂 (爛) 

làn

rotten, spoiled, decayed; soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad

Most common words with 烂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

烂

soft

灿烂

to glitter

腐烂

to rot

破烂

worn-out

烂摊子

terrible mess

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 36.7772% of movies

1104th most common character in movies

1754th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

爛

Unicode

U+70C2


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