làn

rotten; bad; crappy

HSK 5 #1754

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1754th character
Radical ⽕ (86.5)
Strokes 9
Index # 1660
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

烂 làn
  1. 1. rotten
  2. 2. bad
  3. 3. crappy
  4. 4. worn out
  5. 5. chaotic
  6. 6. messy
  7. 7. soft
  8. 8. mushy
  9. 9. thoroughly
  10. 10. utterly
  11. 11. well-cooked and soft
  12. 12. to rot
  13. 13. to decompose

Stroke order

烂 stroke order diagram
烂 stroke order animation

Words containing 烂

Word Meaning
to compare two unsatisfactory things
to know sth inside out; to know sth by heart
multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
unfinished; incomplete
rowdy; rogue; unreliable chap
unhappy love affair
slut; loose woman
useless (idiom); inept; worthless
variant of làn màn
dud movie
overcooked; overripe
variant of làn màn
to blab; to gossip; a blab-mouth
accounts in a rotten state
rotten to the core
completely drunk; dead drunk
completely drunk; lit. as drunk as mud
same as xī làn
vesicant
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
(of food etc) soft; pulpy; TW (of a person) lacking drive
old boring stuff; old trivial things
mold; rot