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栾

欒
luán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
  2. 2 (classical) curved bracket-arm in timber architecture; surname Luan

Examples

结重栾以相承。
Jié chóng luán yǐ xiāngchéng.
Layered bracket-arms are joined to bear the load.

Tips

history
Not used freely today; it appears as the surname Luan and in the tree name 栾树 (goldenrain tree). It sits in the same simplified phonetic family as 鸾 and 峦, all sharing the 亦-top spelling of the luán sound.
register
Classical and onomastic; the architectural 'bracket-arm' sense belongs to old building treatises, not modern speech.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
The tree radical 木 below marks 栾 as something wooden — both the goldenrain tree itself and the curved timber bracket cut from such wood.
phonetic
亦 yì
phonetic stand-in (luán series)
The top is the simplified replacement for the older luán phonetic. Across 栾, 鸾, 孪 it always spells luán, never its own 亦 reading.

Stroke Order

栾 luán