蘭

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 艸 (“plant”) + 闌

Han characterEdit

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

1. orchid
2. elegant, graceful
3. abbreviation for Lanzhou
4. a Chinese surname

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

HanziEdit

蘭 (simplified 兰, Yale laan4)

NounEdit

蘭 (hiragana あららぎ, romaji 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

• 沢蘭

NounEdit

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

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

• 藤袴

Proper nounEdit

蘭 (hiragana らん, romaji Ran)

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

KanjiEdit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

ReadingsEdit

• On: らん (ran)
• Kun: ふじばかま (fujibakama), あららぎ (araragi)

CompoundsEdit

• 蘭学 (rangaku)
• 蘭月 (rangetsu)
• 蘭儀 (rangi)
• 蘭言 (rangen)
• 蘭語 (rango)
• 蘭郁 (ran'iku)
• 蘭時 (ranji)
• 蘭花 (ranka)
• 蘭科 (ranka)
• 蘭客 (rankaku)
• 蘭閨 (rankei)
• 蘭肴 (rankō)
• 蘭単 (rantan)
• 蘭宇 (ran'u)
• 蘭葉 (ran'yō)
• 蘭蕕 (ran'yū)

ReferencesEdit

• 1968 March 12 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

HanjaEdit

蘭 (hangeul 란>난 (ran>nan), revised ran>nan, McCune-Reischauer ran>nan, Yale lan>nan)

HanziEdit

蘭 (simplified 兰, Pinyin lán (lan2), Wade-Giles lan²)

CompoundsEdit

• 蘭花
• 木蘭
• 芥蘭
• 紫羅蘭

Han characterEdit

蘭 (*lɑn)

HanziEdit

蘭 (POJ lân)

Han characterEdit

蘭 (lan)