What 瀾 means
A large wave, then a figurative upheaval.
《說文解字》 defines 瀾 as a large wave: 水 marks water and 闌 supplies the sound. The available character record shows Small Seal evidence but no listed oracle-bone or bronze example; as of 2026-09-08, no precise first date is established here. Lexicons also record a separate làn sense for rice-washing water.
波瀾 keeps the wave image for waves, turmoil, or twists in events. Japanese references retain 波瀾 and 狂瀾 in the same wave-based senses.
Who writes 瀾
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3waves, turmoil, or eventful twists
recover a desperate situation
help a development gain momentum
Questions people ask
1Why does 瀾 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 瀾
- Search it as
- lan · 澜 · 波瀾 · 波澜 · 狂瀾 · 力挽狂瀾
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
瀾CSS
\703EPinyin
Enter lan and choose 瀾; use Traditional output if your IME returns 澜.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
瀾
HTML hex
瀾
CSS content
content: "\703E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%80%BE
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.