Japanese word

欄

Pronunciation

Romajiran

Meaning

  • nouncolumn

Example

この欄では新しい本を紹介します。ko no ran de wa atara shi i hon o shō kai shi ma su

New books are introduced in this column.

Illustration for 欄 (column)

More examples

住所は下の欄に記入してください。jū sho wa shita no ran ni ki nyū shi te ku da sa i

Please enter your address in the field below.

Core concept

Refers to a set-apart division of a document, table, or form, viewed as one defined part of the whole.

Common phrases

  • 住所欄jū sho ran

    address field

  • 入力欄nyū ryoku ran

    input field

  • コメント欄ko me n to ran

    comment field

Similar words

列retsu: A vertical division of a table that contains related entries.
枠waku: A marked space on a form for writing or entering information.

Definition in Japanese

書類や表などで、特定の事項を記入・表示するために区切られた部分。sho rui ya hyō na do de toku tei no ji kō o ki nyū hyō ji su ru ta me ni ku gi ra re ta bu bun

Word origin

The noun 欄 (ran) uses the Sino-Japanese reading of a character whose original sense is a railing; Japanese extended it to a bounded space in a document or table.

Usage tips

  • In Japanese forms, 欄 (ran) often means a space for one kind of information, even when the space is a box rather than a vertical table column.

Other meanings

  • fieldnoun
  • sectionnoun

Word lists with this word