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蘭

lán

orchid

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

闌 sound component

闌  Sound component

lán

  

door screen

Evolution

蘭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
蘭 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 蘭
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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.rˤan

lan

lán

orchid


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

20

Simplified

兰𬞕

Unicode

U+862D

Shuowen

“蘭，香艸也。从艸，闌聲。”


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