"Lan" is a standard first-class word (common word) in modern Chinese. The pronunciation of Mandarin is Lan, which belongs to pictophonetic characters in Liu Shu. The basic meaning of "fence" is something that is blocked, such as railings and wooden fences; The extended meaning is a fence for raising livestock, such as cowshed and stable.
In daily use, "column" is also often used as a noun, indicating that there are fixed titles or features in newspapers or publications, such as columns and remarks columns.
The evolution of etymology: "column", pictophonetic characters. Wood means that railings are mostly made of wood; Blue (orchid) means orchid, which is clustered and has slender leaves, indicating that the fence is made of many slender wood.
Kangxi dictionary:
Tang Zhiyun will be straight, dry, cut and stop. Jade articles and wooden fences are also available. It's called a wooden column between steps. Duan Guo's "Shazhou" records that Tuguhun built a bridge on the river, and the sentence column was very strict. The name of the sentence column starts here.
And the cattle pen, and the orchid. In the former Han Dynasty, Wang Mang spread the word of cattle and horses.
And communicates with the diaphragm. Bai Bao is the aperture of, the last work of Kaiyuan.
It is also a collection of rhymes and sounds. Admire. Zhou Li Dongguan takes an examination of Gong Ji? It's silk, and the pillars are gray. Zheng Zhu gradually released his silks from the ashes of pillars.
Also set the rhyme and cut the circle, and the sound contracture. Admire.