TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
欄
欄 ＝ 木 ＋ 闌
ㄌㄢˊ · lán
noun — railing, fence; column, field (in a form)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
闌聲lán — gives the sounda gate (門) barred shut (柬)
Tlán → lán, even — the bar across the gate carried straight in
Wooden (木) bars set in a line — a railing, a fence, 欄杆. 闌 lán carries the sound, and already pictures a gate barred across, so the bar doubles up. From a row of uprights: a fenced pen (牛欄), a ruled column (專欄), a field on a form (欄位).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一排木桿（木）直立攔住——人和牲口都過不去。
A line of upright wooden bars (木) blocking the way — neither people nor cattle get through.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)欄杆、柵欄— a railing, a fence常用
→牛欄、馬欄— a pen, an enclosure
⇒專欄、欄位— a column; a form field常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
闌lánthe bare phonetic — a barred gate攔＝ 扌 ＋ lánshares — 攔 sets it under 扌 (hand), to block by hand