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蘭

See also: 兰
蘭 U+862D, 蘭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-862D
← 蘬
[U+862C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蘮 →
[U+862E]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

ChineseEdit

trad. 蘭
simp. 兰*

Glyph originEdit

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, OC *ɡ·raːn): semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 闌 (OC *ɡ·raːn).

PronunciationEdit

Rime
Character 蘭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 落干切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lan/
Li
Rong 		/lɑn/
Wang
Li 		/lɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lán
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蘭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.rˤan/
English orchid

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蘭
Reading # 1/1
No. 6119
Phonetic
component 		柬
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		蘭
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡ·raːn/

DefinitionsEdit

蘭

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

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 蘭

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

蘭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. orchid
  2. The Netherlands (Holland)

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

NounEdit

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

蘭 (hiragana あららぎ, rōmaji araragi)

  1. Allium macrostemon; a type of lily
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 4, page 68:
      蘭蒚 養生秘要云、蘭蒚草、蒚音隔、和名阿良々歧
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 10, page 28:
      澤蘭 陶隠居云、澤蘭、佐波阿良良歧, 一云、阿加末久佐

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

Kanji in this term
蘭
ふじばかま
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

蘭 (hiragana ふじばかま, rōmaji fujibakama, historical hiragana ふぢばかま)

  1. Eupatorium fortunei; a type of flower of the Asteraceae family
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 10, page 2:
      蘭 兼名苑云、蘭、音蘭 二字舊無、今依下總本錄存廣本亦有是音、一名薫音恵、本草 布知波加麻、新撰万葉集別用藤袴二字

See alsoEdit

Proper nounEdit

Kanji in this term
蘭
らん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

蘭 (hiragana らん, rōmaji Ran)

  1. orchid; a plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
  2. A female given name
  3. Holland, Dutch

ReferencesEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

蘭 (lan, lơn)

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