Ran

Syllable: "ran"

Composition

Initial: r-
Final: -an
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

High
Can be written
- Pinyin: ran
- IPA: [ʐan]
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄢ
- Wade-Giles: jan
Linguistic description

voiced post-alveolar retroflex approximant
low central unrounded
voiced dental nasal

The pinyin "ran" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "r-" and the final "-an".