Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1523 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 20

Meaning: column, handrail, blank, space

Kunyomi: てすり

Onyomi: ラン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ラン section (e.g. in a newspaper), column, page, field (in a form, web page, etc.), blank, handrail, railing, banister, balustrade

ランカン railing, guard rail, handrail, banister, balustrade, parapet, (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars), (flowing) endlessly (of tears)

ホンラン this column

文芸 ブンゲイラン literary (and the arts) column