烂
Spell out: + =
soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,213 U+70C2
How 烂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 兰 (phonetic, lán)
How to remember it
spoiled · Heisig RSH #534
火 fire + 兰 orchid
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 兰
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 兰 (lán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兰 sound component | lán | orchid; elegant, graceful |
| 栏 | lán | fence, railing, balustrade |
| 拦 | lán | to block, to hinder, to obstruct |
Words containing 烂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 好记性不如烂笔头 | hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu | the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom) |
| 下三烂 | xià sān làn | variant of 下三濫|下三滥[xia4 san1 lan4] |
| 烂好人 | làn hǎo rén | sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone |
| 肉烂在锅里 | ròu làn zài guō lǐ | lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom); fig. some of u… |
| 烂人 | làn rén | (coll.) scumbag; lowlife; asshole |
| 白烂 | bái làn | (slang) stupid; ridiculous |
| 三寸不烂之舌 | sān cùn bù làn zhī shé | to have a silver tongue; to have the gift of the gab |
| 度烂 | dù làn | see 賭爛|赌烂[du3 lan4] |
| 比烂 | bǐ làn | to compare two unsatisfactory things; to argue that others have similar or worse faults (a… |
| 烂舌头 | làn shé tóu | to gossip; to blab; a blab-mouth |
| 烂尾楼 | làn wěi lóu | uncompleted building; building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped |
| 烂尾 | làn wěi | (of a construction project etc) unfinished; derailed (due to critical setbacks) |
| 烂桃花 | làn táo huā | unhappy love affair |
| 烂片 | làn piàn | dud movie |
| 烂泥糊不上墙 | làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng | see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2] |
| 烂泥扶不上墙 | làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng | useless (idiom); worthless; inept |
| 烂大街 | làn dà jiē | (coll.) (of a fashion item, song etc) to be everywhere now; to be nothing special anymore;… |
| 天真烂漫 | tiān zhēn làn màn | (idiom) innocent and unaffected |
| 烂漫天真 | làn màn tiān zhēn | see 天真爛漫|天真烂漫[tian1 zhen1 lan4 man4] |
| 破烂 | pò làn | worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk |