Korean

Syllable

난 • ‎(nan)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄴ, ㅏ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Contraction of 나 (na, “I”) + 는 (neun)

Pronoun

난 • ‎(nan)

1. I (topic)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters

Noun

난 • ‎(nan)

1. 亂: revolt
2. 欄: column (of a newspaper, etc.)
3. 難: (In compounds) difficult, difficulty

Homophones

乱, 亂, 偄, 卵, 囒, 圝, 嬾, 幱, 懶, 攔, 暖, 欄, 欒, 瀾, 灓, 煖, 煗, 爛, 蘭, 襴, 赧, 鑾, 闌, 難, 餪, 鸞

Derived terms

• 난 (nan): orchid, etc.
• 난간 (nan-gan): handrail
• 난관 (nan-gwan): barrier, obstacle
• 난국 (nan-guk): crisis
• 난자 (nanja): ovum
• 난동 (nandong): riot
• 난로 (nallo): stove, fireplace