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峦

巒
luán
noun #86,112

Meanings

  1. 1 a small pointed mountain
  2. 2 a chain of mountains

Examples

层层青山峦向远方绵延。
Céngcéng qīng shānluán xiàng yuǎnfāng miányán.
Range upon range of green peaks roll into the distance.
清晨薄雾在峦壑间飘动。
Qīngchén bówù zài luán hè jiān piāodòng.
At dawn thin mist drifts among the peaks and valleys.

Tips

usage
峦 is a small sharp peak, and by extension a connected mountain chain. It is most common in 山峦 (mountain ranges) and 峰峦 (peaks and ridges).

Components

radical
山 shān
mountain
Bottom 山 is the mountain radical, directly naming what 峦 is: a peak or ridge.
phonetic
亦 yì
also (here phonetic residue)
The top, written like 亦 in the simplified form, is the regularized phonetic part. The traditional form used a fuller phonetic that was condensed in the 1956 reform.

Stroke Order

峦 luán