澜

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swelling water

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 阑 sound ( lán )

Components 氵阑

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
波澜老成	bō lán lǎo chéng	splendid and powerful (of story); majestic; awesome
波澜起伏	bō lán qǐ fú	one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
推波助澜	tuī bō zhù lán	to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get …
澜沧拉祜族自治县	Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn	Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4], Yunnan
观澜湖	Guān lán Hú	Mission Hills Group (Chinese hospitality, sports and leisure company)
波澜	bō lán	billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
波澜壮阔	bō lán zhuàng kuò	surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale
力挽狂澜	lì wǎn kuáng lán	to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
澜沧县	Lán cāng Xiàn	see 瀾滄拉祜族自治縣\|澜沧拉祜族自治县[Lan2 cang1 La1 hu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
澜沧江	Lán cāng Jiāng	Lancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1…
杨澜	Yáng Lán	Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
澜沧	Lán cāng	see 瀾滄拉祜族自治縣\|澜沧拉祜族自治县[Lan2 cang1 La1 hu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
阑 sound part	lán	screen door, railing, fence
谰	lán	to slander, to defame; a false accusation
斓	lán	multicolored
镧	lán	lanthanum