兰 (lán): meaning and stroke order
兰 (lán) means orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii), fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei).
兰
- Simplified
- 兰
- Traditional
- 蘭
- Pinyin
- lán
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Stroke order of 兰
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
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Meaning of 兰
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lán
Traditional 蘭
- orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
- fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
- lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
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Lán
Traditional 蘭
- surname Lan
- abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
Radical and structure
- 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.
Words with 兰
- 波兰 Bō lán Poland
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).