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欄 = 木 + 門 + 東

欄 is a Japanese kanji written with 20 strokes, listed here under the keyword “column”. It is built from 木 (tree), 門 (gates) and 東 (east). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1756.

Keyword
column
RTK frame
1756
Strokes
20
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ラン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
てすり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
колонка
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
欄 railing

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 門 gates
  3. 東 east

How to find 欄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “gates” + “east”. 欄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 欄 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.