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The character 栏, written as 欄 in its traditional form, is a phono-semantic compound. The wood radical 木 on the left provides the semantic category of timber or wooden structures, while the component 兰 on the right functions as the phonetic element. Its core meaning refers to a fence, railing, or animal pen, reflecting that such barriers were historically made of wood. In modern usage, this meaning extended to publishing and design, where 栏 denotes a column of text, a section in a newspaper, or an input field on a screen, each acting as an enclosure for information.
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我靠在栏杆上。
这个栏目很有趣。
报纸上有专栏文章。
她负责编辑这个栏目。
牛栏里有一头牛。
请勿跨越护栏，以免发生危险。
数据库中的字段栏需要填写。
他在学术期刊上发表了一篇专栏评论。