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鸞
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鸾
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fabulous bird

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
luán
ラン
란
Components
Traditional (鸞)
䜌 tie together+ 鳥 bird =
鸞 fabulous bird
䜌 Meaning component
luán tie together
(ancient form) chaos
bird
鳥 Phonetic component
bird
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Simplified (鸾)
亦 likewise+ 鸟 bird =
鸾 fabulous bird
亦 Meaning component
yì likewise
also, too
bird
鸟 Phonetic component
niǎo bird
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Notes
Similar Characters
变 transform (simp)孌 docile (trad)孿 twins (alt) (trad)巒 pointed (trad)彎 curved (trad)戀 be enamored of (trad)攣 crooked (trad)欒 name of tree (trad)臠 small lump of meat (trad)蠻 barbaric (trad)變 change (trad)鑾 bells hung on horse (trad)梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸾 / 鸞 [luán]
mythical bird related to phoenix
Japanese
鸞 らん 同音
noun luan (mythical Chinese bird)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鸞 らん
Ran surname
CHINESE WORDS (7)
鸾凤 [luán​fèng] #59,060
luan and phoenix
颠鸾倒凤 [diān​luán​dǎo​fèng] #62,947
to have sexual intercourse
孤鸾年 [gū​luán​nián]
inauspicious year for marriage
镜鸾 [jìng​luán]
to lose one's spouse
鸾翔凤翥 [luán​xiáng​fèng​zhù]
(of calligraphy) full of power and grace
鸾翔凤集 [luán​xiáng​fèng​jí]
lit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom)
鸾飘凤泊 [luán​piāo​fèng​bó]
lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
鸞輿 [らんよ] #210,480
imperial conveyance
青鸞 [せいらん] #268,285
argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)
鸞鏡 [らんきょう]
mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back
鸞鳥 [らんちょう]
luan (mythical Chinese bird)