# 欄 — newspaper column; railing

欄 means “newspaper column; railing”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 20 strokes. On'yomi: ラン (ran). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 欄 (ran, “section; column”).

- Meaning: newspaper column; railing
- On'yomi: ラン (ran)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 20
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Words & language 4

## How to remember 欄

Parts: 木 tree · 門 gate · 束 bundle

## Words with 欄

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 欄 | らん (ran) | section; column |

## More in the “Words & language 4” set

[諭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/counsel/) · [諾](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/assent/) · [欄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/newspaper-column/) · [誓](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/vow/) · [訂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/revise-a-text/) · [閲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peruse/) · [喝](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bellow/) · [叙](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/narrate/)

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