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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲):  (plant) + 

Han character [edit]

(radical 140 +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 [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , Yale laan4)


Japanese [edit]

Noun [edit]

(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 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(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

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Proper noun [edit]

(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 [edit]

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Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

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


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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

Compounds [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*lɑn)


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ lân)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(lan)