蘭

See also: 兰

Translingual

Han character

蘭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 廿日弓田 (TANW), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹闌 or 艹䦨)

Derived characters

• 𡔔, 𢆄, 𨏼

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		蘭
simp.		兰*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蘭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·raːn) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蘭

1. orchid
2. elegant; graceful
3. Short for 蘭州／兰州 (Lánzhōu, “Lanzhou”).
4. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

蘭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. Eupatorium fortunei
2. orchid
3. aromatic, fragrant
4. government office that handles documents
5. kanji used to transliterate borrowings from foreign languages, especially Buddhist terms from Sanskrit
6. Short for 阿蘭陀, 和蘭, 和蘭陀 (Oranda): Holland, the Netherlands

Readings

• Go-on: らん (ran)
• Kan-on: らん (ran)
• Kun: あららぎ (araragi, 蘭); ふじばかま (fujibakama, 蘭)^{←ふぢばかま (fudibakama, 蘭, historical)}
• Nanori: か (ka)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蘭印(らんいん) (Ran'in)
• 蘭草(らんそう) (ransō)
• 蘭契(らんけい) (rankei)
• 蘭蕙(らんけい) (rankei)
• 蘭閨(らんけい) (rankei)
• 蘭交(らんこう) (rankō)
• 蘭月(らんげつ) (rangetsu)
• 蘭省(らんしょう) (ranshō), 蘭省(らんせい) (ransei)
• 蘭台(らんだい) (randai)
• 蘭竹(らんちく) (Ranchiku)
• 蘭亭(らんてい) (rantei)
• 蘭湯(らんとう) (rantō)
• 蘭若(らんにゃ) (rannya)
• 蘭灯(らんとう) (rantō)
• 阿蘭若(あらんにゃ) (arannya)
• 金蘭(きんらん) (kinran)
• 芝蘭(しらん) (shiran)
• 春(シュン)蘭(ラン) (shunran)
• 叢蘭(そうらん) (sōran)
• 白蘭(はくらん) (hakuran)
• 木蘭(もくらん) (mokuran), 木蘭(モクレン) (mokuren)
• 蘭引(ランビキ) (ranbiki)
• 英蘭(イングランド) (Ingurando)
• 阿蘭陀(オランダ), 和蘭(オランダ), 和蘭陀(オランダ) (Oranda)
• 蘇格蘭(スコットランド) (Sukottorando)
• 新(ニュー)西蘭(ジーランド) (Nyū Jīrando)
• 芬蘭(フィンランド) (Finrando)
• 波蘭(ポーランド) (Pōrando)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蘭
らん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 蘭 (MC lan).

Compare modern Mandarin 蘭／兰 (lán).

Noun

蘭(らん) or 蘭(ラン) • (ran) 

1. an orchid
2. a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), featuring designs of orchid flowers and/or leaves
3. (archaic) Synonym of 藤袴 (fujibakama): Eupatorium fortunei, a type of flower of the family Asteraceae

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ラン科(か) (Ran-ka)
• 蘭葉(ランヨウ)葵(アオイ) (ran'yōaoi)
• 柿蘭(カキラン) (kakiran)
• 鴎(カモメ)蘭(ラン) (kamomeran)
• 君(クン)子(シ)蘭(ラン) (kunshiran)
• 沢蘭(サワラン) (sawaran)
• 紫(シ)蘭(ラン) (shiran)
• 鈴蘭(スズラン) (suzuran)
• 葉(ハ)蘭(ラン) (haran)
• 藪蘭(ヤブラン) (yaburan)
• 竜(リュウ)舌(ゼツ)蘭(ラン) (ryūzetsuran)

Proper noun

蘭(らん) • (Ran) 

1. Short for 阿蘭陀, 和蘭, 和蘭陀 (Oranda): Holland, the Netherlands, Dutch
2. a female given name

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 蘭医(らんい) (ran'i)
• 蘭学(らんがく) (rangaku)
• 蘭語(らんご) (Ran-go)
• 蘭書(らんしょ) (ransho)
• 蘭方(らんぽう) (ranpō)
• 蘭領(らんりょう) (ranryō)
• 英蘭(えいらん) (Ei-Ran)
• 日蘭(にちらん) (Nichi-Ran)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蘭
らに Jinmeiyō
irregular

/ran/ → /rani/

Shift from ran above.

Compare 縁 (en → eni, “destiny, fate”) and 銭 (zen → zeni, “coin”), with similar shifts.

Noun

蘭(らに) • (rani) 

1. (archaic) Synonym of 藤袴 (fujibakama): Eupatorium fortunei, a type of flower of the family Asteraceae

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蘭
あららぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Noun

蘭(あららぎ) or 蘭(アララギ) • (araragi) 

1. Synonym of 一位 (ichii): Taxus cuspidata, the Japanese yew
2. (archaic) Synonym of 野蒜 (nobiru): , a species of wild onion
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 4, page 68:

     蘭蒚 養生秘要云、蘭蒚草、蒚音隔、和名阿良々歧

Derived terms

• 塔(あららぎ) (araragi, “tower”)
• 沢(サワ)蘭(アララギ) (sawa araragi)
• 山(ヤマ)蘭(アララギ) (yama araragi)

Proper noun

蘭(あららぎ) • (Araragi) 

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Korean

Hanja

蘭 • (ran, nan) (hangeul 란, 난, revised ran, nan, McCune–Reischauer ran, nan, Yale lan, nan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蘭 (lan, lơn)

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