兰
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orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
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Dict coverage rank #191 U+5170
How 兰 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
An orchid in bloom
How to remember it
orchid · Heisig RSH #533
羊 sheep
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 兰 as their sound component
These characters all use 兰 (lán) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兰 sound component | lán | orchid; elegant, graceful |
| 烂 | làn | overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled |
| 栏 | lán | fence, railing, balustrade |
| 拦 | lán | to block, to hinder, to obstruct |
Words containing 兰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兰山区 | Lán shān Qū | Lanshan, a district of Linyi City 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 法兰西斯 | Fǎ lán xī sī | Francis (name) |
| 海尔德兰 | Hǎi ěr dé lán | Gelderland, province of the Netherlands |
| 白兰地 | bái lán dì | (loanword) brandy |
| 兰西县 | Lán xī Xiàn | Lanxi, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 法兰德斯 | Fǎ lán dé sī | Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2] |
| 马兰花 | mǎ lán huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 兰州大学 | Lán zhōu Dà xué | Lanzhou University |
| 亚特兰大 | Yà tè lán dà | Atlanta |
| 兰开斯特 | Lán kāi sī tè | Lancaster |
| 法兰斯 | Fǎ lán sī | France (phonetic transliteration) |
| 拉法兰 | Lā fǎ lán | Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac |
| 西兰花 | xī lán huā | broccoli |
| 法兰克 | Fǎ lán kè | the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) |
| 马里兰 | Mǎ lǐ lán | Maryland, US state |
| 法兰西 | Fǎ lán xī | France |
| 马兰基地 | Mǎ lán jī dì | Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古… |
| 兰山 | Lán shān | see 蘭山區|兰山区[Lan2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 东兰县 | Dōng lán Xiàn | Donglan, a county in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 兰学 | lán xué | Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan) |