How to write 褴

褴 (lán) 1. **Meaning**: Refers to clothing that is tattered and worn-out. It can also be written as "褴缕". **English**: Worn-out garment. 2. **Meaning**: (襤) **English**: (Variant form) 褴 (lán) **Part of Speech**: Noun **Definition**: The original meaning refers to a short, old garment without edges or decorations. **Character Formation**: Pictophonetic character; it includes the component for "clothing" (衣) and a phonetic part (监). 褴 (lán) **Part of Speech**: Adjective **General Definition**: Commonly refers to clothing that is worn-out. **Example**: 褴衫 (worn-out clothing); 褴褛筚路 (Originally meant wearing tattered clothes and driving a firewood cart to develop forests. Later used to describe the hardships of pioneers). 褴 (lán) **Part of Speech**: Noun **Definition**: The original meaning refers to a short, old garment without edges or decorations. **Character Formation**: Pictophonetic character; it includes the component for "clothing" (衣) and a phonetic part (监). 1. **Source**: Shuowen Jiezi - "褴" refers to tattered garments. "褴" means without edges. 2. **Source**: Yang Xiong "Fangyan San" - Many people wear ragged clothes, sometimes referred to as "褴". Thus, “Zuo Zhuan” states "driving a firewood cart in ragged clothes to develop the mountains and forests," probably referring to this. 3. **Source**: Yang Xiong "Fangyan Si" - Clothing without edges is called "褴". **Example**: In Chu, clothing without edges is referred to as "褴", and "纩衣" is "褛". 褴 (lán) **Part of Speech**: Adjective **General Definition**: Commonly refers to clothing that is worn-out. **Example**: 褴衫 (worn-out clothing); 褴褛筚路 (Originally meant wearing tattered clothes and driving a firewood cart to develop forests. Later used to describe the hardships of pioneers).