Chinese symbol for “railings”
围栏
wéi lán
Traditional: 圍欄
fencing; railings; fence
The closest CC-CEDICT match for railings is 围栏 (wéi lán), defined as: fencing; railings; fence.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 围栏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 范围 (範圍) | fàn wéi | range; scope |
| 周围 (周圍) | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 围绕 (圍繞) | wéi rào | to revolve around; to center on (an issue) |
| 包围 (包圍) | bāo wéi | to surround; to encircle; to hem in |
| 外围 (外圍) | wài wéi | surrounding |
| 氛围 (氛圍) | fēn wéi | ambience; atmosphere |
| 专栏 (專欄) | zhuān lán | special column |
| 栏目 (欄目) | lán mù | regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio) |
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.