澜 lán big waves
big waves; overflowing; waves
怎么记住“澜”: 氵 water + 门 door + 柬 card = big waves. Storm water crashes against the door of the harbour shed, and the surfers flash their club card to grab their boards and ride the big waves.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
澜 = 氵 water + 阑 railing
- 氵 water meaning
- 阑 railing sound
- 门 door
- 柬 card
Storm water crashes against the door of the harbour shed, and the surfers flash their club card to grab their boards and ride the big waves.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the railing the sound; the word first meant big waves.
用法
- Large waves/billows: 波澜 (bōlán): 波澜壮阔 (bōlán-zhuàngkuò) grand and sweeping (a scene, a movement), 波澜不惊 (bōlán-bùjīng) calm and unruffled.
- 力挽狂澜 (lìwǎn-kuánglán) means to turn the tide against disaster. Literary.