Hanja Analyzer
爛

爛 — ran

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빛날 란
Romanization
ran
English
rotten, spoiled, decayed
Mandarin
làn
Japanese on'yomi
ラン, レン
Japanese kun'yomi
ただ.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
21
Radical
火 (86, 17 residual)
Phonetic component
闌(란)
Unicode
U+721B

Parts that make up 爛

  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다
  • 闌 가로막을 란sound 문에 가로지른 빗장‘란’ 계열의 소리

How 爛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 爛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 火, 闌.

Korean example words with 爛

  • 난발爛發 Korean gloss: 명백히 나타남
  • 난상爛商 Korean gloss: 충분히 의논함. 또는 그런 의논
  • 난보爛報 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 승정원에서 재결 사항을 기록하고 서사(書寫)하여 반포하던 관보. 조칙, 장주(章奏), 조정의 결정 사항, 관리
  • 농란하다濃爛 Korean gloss: 잘 익은 상태에 있다
  • 능란하다能爛 Korean gloss: 익숙하고 솜씨가 있다
  • 난란하다爛爛 Korean gloss: 빛이 번쩍번쩍하여 눈부시다
  • 현란스럽다絢爛 Korean gloss: 눈이 부시도록 찬란하고 요란한 데가 있다
  • 찬란히燦爛 Korean gloss: 빛깔이나 모양 따위가 매우 화려하고 아름답게
  • 난숙하다爛熟 Korean gloss: 어떤 사물이나 현상이 더할 수 없이 충분히 발달하거나 성숙하다
  • 난숙기爛熟期 Korean gloss: 어떤 사물이나 현상이 더할 수 없이 충분히 발달하거나 성숙된 시기
  • 난부爛腐 Korean gloss: 썩어 문드러짐.
  • 난패爛敗 Korean gloss: 썩어 문드러짐.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 爛

  • 絢爛けんらん gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling
  • 爛らん brilliant; bright
  • 燦爛さんらん brilliant; bright; radiant
  • 爛死らんし burning to death
  • 爛熟らんじゅく overripeness; full maturity; full development
  • 爛漫らんまん in full bloom; in full glory; glorious
  • 糜爛びらん sore; erosion; ulceration
  • 爛々らんらん glaring; flaming; fiery
  • 爛れただれ sore; inflammation; ulceration
  • 爛柯らんか go (board game); being so engrossed in go that one loses track of time; being so engrossed in an activity that one loses track of time
  • 爛れるただれる to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary
  • 爛熟期らんじゅくき one's full maturity

Characters sharing the phonetic 闌

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “란” in Korean.

Other hanja read “란”

Other hanja with radical 火

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences