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波兰 (Bō lán): meaning and stroke order

波兰 (Bō lán) means Poland.

波兰

Simplified
波兰
Traditional
波蘭
Pinyin
Bō lán

Stroke order of 波兰

波

  • Bō (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo
  • bō wave; ripple
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

兰

  • Lán surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
  • lán orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 蘭

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 波兰

  1. Bō lán Traditional 波蘭
    • Poland

Radicals of the characters

波
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 8 strokes · 氵 on the left, 皮 on the right
兰
Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 5 strokes · 丷 on top, 三 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

波兰 in our stories

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  • 那是一个波兰女人，叫玛尔塔。她的氧气已经用完，出现了严重的高原反应，说话含糊不清，连自己在哪儿都不知道。

    nà shì yí gè Bōlán nǚrén jiào Mǎ'ěrtǎ tā de yǎngqì yǐjīng yòngwán chūxiàn le yánzhòng de gāoyuán fǎnyìng shuōhuà hánhubùqīng lián zìjǐ zài nǎr dōu bù zhīdao

    She was a Polish woman named Marta. Her oxygen had run out and she had severe altitude sickness; her speech was slurred and she didn't even know where she was.

    From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 波兰

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).