蘭

See also 兰

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 艸 (“plant”) + 闌

Han character

蘭 (radical 140 艸+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 廿日弓田 (TANW), four-corner 4422₇)

1. orchid
2. elegant, graceful
3. abbreviation for Lanzhou
4. a Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 1070, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32477
• Dae Jaweon: page 1536, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3333, character 5
• Unihan data for U+862D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蘭 (simplified 兰, Yale laan4)

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Japanese

Noun

蘭 (hiragana あららぎ, romaji araragi)

1. Allium macrostemon; a type of lily
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 4 page 68)

     蘭蒚 養生秘要云、蘭蒚草、蒚音隔、和名阿良々歧

   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 10 page 28)

     澤蘭 陶隠居云、澤蘭、佐波阿良良歧, 一云、阿加末久佐

Derived terms

• 沢蘭

Noun

蘭 (hiragana ふじばかま, romaji fujibakama, historical hiragana ふぢばかま)

1. Eupatorium fortunei; a type of flower of the asteraceae family
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 10 page 2)

     蘭 兼名苑云、蘭、音蘭 二字舊無、今依下總本錄存廣本亦有是音、一名薫音恵、本草 布知波加麻、新撰万葉集別用藤袴二字

See also

• 藤袴

Proper noun

蘭 (hiragana らん, romaji Ran)

1. orchid; a plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
2. A female given name
3. Holland, Dutch

Kanji

蘭

Readings

• On: らん (ran)
• Kun: ふじばかま (fujibakama), あららぎ (araragi)

Compounds

• 蘭学 (rangaku)
• 蘭月 (rangetsu)
• 蘭儀 (rangi)
• 蘭言 (rangen)
• 蘭語 (rango)
• 蘭郁 (ran'iku)
• 蘭時 (ranji)
• 蘭花 (ranka)
• 蘭科 (ranka)
• 蘭客 (rankaku)
• 蘭閨 (rankei)
• 蘭肴 (rankō)
• 蘭単 (rantan)
• 蘭宇 (ran'u)
• 蘭葉 (ran'yō)
• 蘭蕕 (ran'yū)

References

• 1968 May 18 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

蘭 (hangeul 란>난, revised ran>nan, McCune-Reischauer ran>nan, Yale lan>nan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

蘭 (simplified 兰, pinyin lán (lan2), Wade-Giles lan²)

Compounds

• 蘭花
• 木蘭
• 芥蘭
• 紫羅蘭

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Middle Chinese

Han character

蘭 (*lɑn)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

蘭 (POJ lân)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蘭 (lan)