Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “luan”
21 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
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Second tone
luán
娈
luán
孪lovely, beautiful
9 strokesluán
峦twins
9 strokesluán
挛mountain range
9 strokesluán
栾tangled, entwined
10 strokesluán
鸾varnish tree
10 strokesluán
脔fabulous bird
11 strokesluán
滦thinly sliced meat
12 strokesluán
銮a county and river in Hebei province
13 strokesluán
䜌bells hung on a horse
14 strokesluán
孌chaos, distraction
19 strokesluán
孿lovely, beautiful
22 strokesluán
巒twins
22 strokesluán
攣mountain range
22 strokesluán
欒tangled, entwined
23 strokesluán
臠varnish tree
23 strokesluán
鑾thinly sliced meat
25 strokesluán
鸞bells hung on a horse
27 strokesluán
fabulous bird
30 strokes3
Third tone
luǎn
4
Fourth tone
luàn
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