欒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 19
Total Strokes: 23
Simplified Form: 栾
Variants: 灤

Pronunciation

Pinyin: luán
Cantonese: lyun4
JapaneseKun: OUCHI HIJIKI MADOKA
JapaneseOn: RAN
Korean: LAN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: name of tree; a part of cornice

CE-Dict: Koelreuteria paniculata

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.name of a small tree with tiny leaves and yellow flowers
2.the two corners at the mouth of a Chinese bell
3.a Chinese family name

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》欒木。似欄。从木䜌聲。《禮》：天子樹松，諸侯柏，大夫欒，士楊。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】欒
【唐韻】路官切【集韻】【正韻】盧官切【韻會】盧丸切，𠀤音鸞。【說文】木似欄。大夫冢樹欄楝也。【周禮·冢人疏】大夫墳高八尺，樹以藥草。【廣韻】作樹以欒。【山海經】雲雨之山有木名欒，黃木，赤技，靑葉，羣帝焉取藥。【唐本草】謂之欒荆。【註】欒荆，莖葉都似石南。　又【本草別錄】欒華，葉似木槿而薄細，花黃似槐而稍長大。　又欒欒，瘠貌。【詩·檜風】棘人欒欒兮。　又鐘口兩角爲欒。【周禮·冬官考工記】鳧氏爲鐘，兩欒謂之銑。【疏】古應律之鐘不圜，狀如今之鈴，故有兩角也。　又【禮·明堂位】鸞車，有虞氏之車也。【鄭註】鸞或爲欒。　又【博雅】曲枅謂之欒。【左思·吳都賦】欒櫨疉施。　又檀欒，竹貌。【枚乗·兔園賦】修竹檀欒。　又姓。【春秋】欒書之後，代爲晉卿。枚乘《菟園賦》。
考證：〔【註】古應鐘之鐘不圜。〕　謹照周禮考工記原文註改疏。應鐘改應律。

Han-De-Dict: Luan (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)