Entry
  1. Noun

    railing; handrail; balustrade

    Architecture

  2. armrest (chair)

Also written 勾欄【こうらん】、鉤欄【こうらん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tall, high, expensive

Kun
たか.い、たか、-だか、たか.まる、たか.める
On
コウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
65 of 2500
Radical
tall
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

か、こ、じょい、た、はか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-8SKIP code
2j8.6The Kanji Dictionary
0022.7Four corner code
449deroo
9ad8Unicode hex code
1-25-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5248Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6796New Nelson (John Haig)
2097New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2601Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
307Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
329Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
49A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1163Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
160Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
45313Morohashi
119A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
190Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
76sakade
102Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
132henshall3
193Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
135crowley
83Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
1924Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
313Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gao1Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
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