蘭

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 See also 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 3.4 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Min Nan 7.1 Hanzi 8 Old Korean 8.1 Adjective 9 Vietnamese 9.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

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

1. orchid
2. elegant, graceful

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

蘭 (simplified 兰, Yale laan4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

蘭 (hiragana あららぎ, romaji araragi)

• allium macrostemon; a type of lily

1. • 934-938: 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

   • 934-938: 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

[edit] Derived terms

• 沢蘭

[edit] 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
   • 934-938: 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

[edit] See also

• 藤袴

[edit] Kanji

蘭

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

• 蘭花
• 木蘭
• 芥蘭
• 紫羅蘭

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

蘭 (*lɑn)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

蘭 (POJ lân)

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[edit] Old Korean

[edit] Adjective

蘭(nan)

1. (Goguryeo) old

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

蘭 (lan)