兰

See also: 蘭

兰 U+5170, 兰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5170 ← 兯 [U+516F] CJK Unified Ideographs 共 → [U+5171]

Translingual

Han character

兰 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一 (TMM), composition ⿱丷三 or ⿱䒑二)

Derived characters

• 栏, 㳕, 烂, 拦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 78, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 242, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5170

Chinese

Glyph origin

From the cursive script of 藍／蓝 (lán). Originally intended as the simplified form of 藍／蓝 (lán) but instead became designated as the simplified form of 蘭／兰 (lán), which shares the same pronunciation as 藍 (lán) in Standard Mandarin.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 兰 – see 蘭 (“orchid, especially cymbidium; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 蘭).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 兰 – see 藍. (This character is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and second-round simplified form of 藍).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 兰 – see 籃 (“basket; ring; basket; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 籃).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.