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闌 — 17 strokes / Radical「門」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 17 strokes / Radical「門」
On
ランらん · ran
Kun
た.ける・たけなわ・てすりta.keru · takenawa · tesuri
Meaning
to be at its height; a railing

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Gate 門 with 柬 as phonetic: the rail that bars a gate; by extension, past the peak.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 闌てすり

    a railing

  • 夜も闌けるよもたける

    the night wears on

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夜(よる)も闌(た)けて静(しず)まる。

The night wears on and grows still.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

夜も闌ける闌夜night閂the ba…閊to be…閔to gri…閘a wate…閧a war…婪greedy羝a ram醂to tak…燗warmin…懍to tre…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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