Japanese symbol for “transom”
欄間
らんま
Romaji: ranma
transom
In Japanese, transom is 欄間, read らんま (ranma).
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Meanings
- n transom (archit)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “transom”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| トランサム | トランサム toransamu | transom (boat, doorway, window) |
| 明かり窓 | あかりまど akarimado | transom; skylight; dormer window |
| 無目 | むめ mume | transom; fanlight |
| 明かり取り | あかりとり akaritori | skylight; dormer; transom |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空欄 | くうらん kuuran | blank column; blank space |
| 欄干 | らんかん rankan | railing; guard rail; handrail |
| 欄外 | らんがい rangai | margin |
| 本欄 | ほんらん honran | this column |
| 高欄 | こうらん kouran | railing; handrail; balustrade |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 期間 | きかん kikan | period; term; interval |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.