澜 — Chinese character
澜
lán
overflowing; ripples, waves
- Pinyin
- lán
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 氵 阑
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 阑
- Traditional
- 瀾
Common words with 澜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推波助澜 (推波助瀾) | tuī bō zhù lán | to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get bigger |
| 波澜 (波瀾) | bō lán | billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) |
| 波澜壮阔 (波瀾壯闊) | bō lán zhuàng kuò | surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale |
| 力挽狂澜 (力挽狂瀾) | lì wǎn kuáng lán | to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis |
| 波澜起伏 (波瀾起伏) | bō lán qǐ fú | one climax follows another (of thrilling story) |
| 波澜老成 (波瀾老成) | bō lán lǎo chéng | splendid and powerful (of story); majestic |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.