栏 (lán) - Fence, railing, pen, enclosure & column (in newspapers/websites)

栏Tone 2

lán ｜ 9 strokes ｜ radical: 木

俊梁

栏 · lán

Fence, railing, pen, enclosure;

column (in newspapers/websites);

a section or compartment.

Fence, railing, pen, enclosurecolumn (in newspapers/websites)a section or compartment.

Usage highlights

Fence/railingColumn/sectionCattle penFieldGuardrailAdvertising column

Synonyms

  • 栅— fence, palisade

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Please don't lean on the railing (栏杆).
  • The newspaper's sports column (体育栏) is very popular.
  • The animals are kept in the pen (栏圈).
  • Fill in your name in this field (姓名栏).

Collocations

  • Fence/railing(栏杆)
  • Column/section(栏目)
  • Cattle pen(牛栏)
  • Field (in a form)(栏位)
  • Guardrail(护栏)
  • Advertising column(广告栏)

Idioms

  • No specific common idioms with 栏 as the key character were identified.

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Traditionally used for physical enclosures like animal pens and fences, reflecting agrarian life.
  • In modern usage, it commonly refers to conceptual sections like newspaper columns or form fields.

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