EntryCommonWaniKani 54
  1. Noun

    railing; guard rail; handrail; banister; balustrade; parapet

    州警察のジャネット・ウェルプ広報官によれば、そのトラックは州間高速道路30号線沿いの橋の欄干に激突して止まったとのことです。
    State police spokeswoman Janet Welp says the truck wound up crashing into a bridge railing along Interstate 30.
  2. Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle

    (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars)

    Archaic

  3. (flowing) endlessly (of tears)

    Archaic

Also written 闌干【らんかん】欄杆【らんかん】欄檻【らんかん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

column, handrail, blank, space

Kun
てすり
On
ラン
Strokes
20
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1523 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 54

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-16SKIP code
4a16.4The Kanji Dictionary
4792.0Four corner code
1864deroo
6b04Unicode hex code
1-45-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2401Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2914New Nelson (John Haig)
1103New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1419Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1023Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1628Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1756Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1430A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1696Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15880PMorohashi
1893A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1202Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1265Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1447Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1931Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1538Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1118Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1642Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lan2Pinyin reading
ranKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
54WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

Kun
ほ.すほ.し--ぼ.しひ.る
On
カン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1349 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

ほし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-3-1SKIP code
2k1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1040.0Four corner code
3155deroo
5e72Unicode hex code
1-20-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1492Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1589New Nelson (John Haig)
3379New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4187Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2116Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2863Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1648Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1777Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1179A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
26Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1542Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9165Morohashi
825A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
584Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
593Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
502Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
840henshall3
826Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
506Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
572Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1663Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan1, gan4Pinyin reading
gan, gangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level