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兰

lán

orchid

Simplified form of 蘭. Phonosemantic compound. 䒑 represents the meaning and 三 represents the sound.

Components
䒑 meaning component

䒑  Meaning component

cǎo

  

grass

䒑 is a component form of 艸.

二 simplified component

二  Simplified component

èr

  

two

Shorthand for the 監 component in the traditional character 藍.

Evolution

兰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
兰 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
兰 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
兰 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

兰 (蘭) 

lán

orchid; elegant, graceful; orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

兰 (蘭) 

Lán

surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lán​zhōu], Gansu

Most common words with 兰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

兰

lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

米兰

Milano

荷兰

Holland

弗兰克

Frank (name)

爱尔兰

Ireland

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

烂 拦 栏

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 40.1089% of movies

532nd most common character in movies

642nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

蘭

Unicode

U+5170


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