Character
| HSK | Not in HSK |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 642nd character |
| RADICAL | ⼋ (12.3) |
| STROKES | 5 |
| INDEX # | 306 |
| TRADITIONAL | 蘭 |
orchid; elegant, graceful
#642
DEFINITIONS
- orchid
- elegant, graceful
- surname Lan
- abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
- orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
- fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
- lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
STROKES
WORDS
| 兰溪 lán xī | Lanxi county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang |
| 兰溪市 lán xī shì | Lanxi county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang |
| 兰玉 lán yù | your son (honorific) |
| 兰科 lán kē | Orchidaceae |
| 兰章 lán zhāng | a beautiful speech or piece of writing; your beautiful article (honorific) |
| 兰考 lán kǎo | Lankao county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan |
| 兰考县 lán kǎo xiàn | Lankao county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan |
| 兰舟 lán zhōu | lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood; poetic term for boat |
| 兰艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén | lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common; the rain falls on the just and unjust alike |
| 兰若 lán rě | Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") (abbr. for 阿蘭若|阿兰若[a1 lan2 re3]) |
| 兰蔻 lán kòu | Lancôme, French cosmetics brand |
| 兰西县 lán xī xiàn | Langxi county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 兰言 lán yán | intimate conversation |
| 兰谱 lán pǔ | lit. directory of orchids; fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers) |
| 兰辛 lán xīn | Lansing, capital of Michigan |
| 兰郑长成品油管道 lán zhèng cháng chéng pǐn yóu guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 兰郑长管道 lán zhèng cháng guǎn dào | Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha oil pipeline |
| 兰开夏郡 lán kāi xià jùn | Lancashire (English county) |
| 兰闺 lán guī | a lady's room (honorific) |
| 兰陵笑笑生 lán líng xiào xiào shēng | Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, pseudonym of the Ming dynasty writer and author of the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] |
| 兰麝 lán shè | lit. orchids and musk; fig. sweet perfumes |
| 蝶兰 dié lán | Phalaenopsis (flower genus) |
| 蟹爪兰 xiè zhuǎ lán | holiday cactus |
| 西米德兰兹 xī mǐ dé lán zī | West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[Bo2 ming2 han4] |
| 西米德兰兹郡 xī mǐ dé lán zī jùn | West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[Bo2 ming2 han4] |