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闌

Readings

Kana: ラン、た.ける、たけなわ、てすり
Romaji: ran, ta.keru, takenawa, tesuri
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

rise high, be well along

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  169
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  3-8-9
Korean Reading:  ran
Chinese Reading:  lan2
Unicode:  95cc
JIS:  6F6C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4968
New Nelson Index: 6413
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8e9.1
Four Corner Index: 7760.3
Japanese Names Index: 2708
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41433
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0761

Words

闌 (たけなわ)
in full swing; at full height
欄干 (らんかん)
guardrail; handrail; bannister; balustrade; parapet; (a person) shining like the stars or moon; (a person) crying endlessly
尽れる (すがれる)
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
長ける (たける)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
小欄 (しょうらん)
small guardrail
臈たける (ろうたける)
to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined; to become well-experienced; to mature
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