Chinese symbol for “overflowing”
滥
làn
Traditional: 濫
overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overflowing is 滥 (làn), defined as: overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overflowing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滥用 (濫用) | làn yòng | to misuse; to abuse |
| 泛滥 (氾濫) | fàn làn | to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked |
| 滥用职权 (濫用職權) | làn yòng zhí quán | abuse of power |
| 滥杀无辜 (濫殺無辜) | làn shā wú gū | willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom) |
| 滥权 (濫權) | làn quán | to abuse one's authority; to misuse power |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overflowing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.