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闌

简阑 · 繁闌

Mandarin · pinyin lán

railing
balustrade
door-screen
exhausted
late

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闌: Look up this written character
阑: lán · door screen; railing fence

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Cantonese word readings for 闌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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door screen
railing; fence
to exhaust; to use up; to end; to finish; to wane
late (in time)

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