爛 = 火 + 闌

爛 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “rotten”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 闌 (door screen).

Keyword: rotten
Pinyin (Mandarin): làn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: rotten, spoiled, decayed, гнилые, испорченные, разложившиеся, spoiled, decayed

Decomposition

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火 fire
闌 door screen

How to find 爛 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “door screen”. 爛 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 爛 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.