专栏
zhuānlán · HSK 7
column
📰 专栏 = 专 specialized + 栏 column/section = a dedicated feature column
专 means specialized or dedicated; 栏 is a railing that became a divided section of a page. A 专栏 is the reserved slot where a regular columnist files their feature.
栏 — wood radical 木 + 兰 (lán, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 木 ('wood') signals the meaning, while 兰 (lán) supplies the sound. Originally written 欄 in traditional form, it referred to wooden railings or fences, and by extension came to mean a column or bordered section, as in a newspaper column.