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Mythic Mandarin

揽 (lǎn): meaning and stroke order

揽 (lǎn) means to monopolize; to seize, to take into one's arms; to embrace, to fasten (with a rope etc).

揽

Simplified
揽
Traditional
攬
Pinyin
lǎn

Stroke order of 揽

揽

  • lǎn to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 攬

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 揽

  1. lǎn Traditional 攬
    • to monopolize; to seize
    • to take into one's arms; to embrace
    • to fasten (with a rope etc)
    • to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass

Radical and structure

揽
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 12 strokes · 扌 on the left, 览 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

揽 in our stories

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  • “没有金刚钻，别揽瓷器活，”他一边钻一边说，“这句老话说的就是我们这一行。”

    méiyǒu jīngāngzuàn bié lǎn cíqì huó tā yìbiān zuān yìbiān shuō zhè jù lǎohuà shuō de jiùshì wǒmen zhè yì háng

    "Don't take on porcelain work without a diamond drill," he said as he drilled. "That old saying is about our very trade."

    From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 揽

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).