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fence; railing; hurdle; column or box (of text or other data)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 兰 sound ( lán )

Components 木兰

railing · Heisig RSH #1761

木 tree + 兰 orchid

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
公布栏	gōng bù lán	bulletin board
斯通亨治石栏	Sī tōng hēng zhì shí lán	Stonehenge stone circle
菜单栏	cài dān lán	menu bar (computing)
布告栏	bù gào lán	bulletin board
工具栏	gōng jù lán	toolbar (in computer software)
任务栏	rèn wu lán	taskbar (computing)
高栏	gāo lán	high hurdle
出栏	chū lán	(of livestock) to be sent to slaughter
广告栏	guǎng gào lán	advertising column (in a newspaper); bulletin board
标题栏	biāo tí lán	title bar (of a window) (computing)
状态栏	zhuàng tài lán	(computing) status bar
栏目	lán mù	regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)
栏位	lán wèi	(numeric, data) field (Tw)
牛栏	niú lán	cattle pen
铁栏	tiě lán	metal grille; railing; bars
备注栏	bèi zhù lán	remarks column
侧边栏	cè biān lán	(computing) sidebar
护栏	hù lán	guardrail; railing
低栏	dī lán	low hurdles (track event)
存栏	cún lán	(of livestock) being raised; on hand

Characters sharing the sound component 兰 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兰 sound part	lán	orchid; elegant, graceful
烂	làn	overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
拦	lán	to block, to hinder, to obstruct