Chinese Character 兰 Meanings and components.

Form

兰

Meaning

兰 meaning[3] in English

Surname Lan.

Abbr. For Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 Zhou1], Gansu.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 兰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'eight' component in … (丷) , and surname San (三)

Its radical[1] is: 八 (ba1) which means: Eight, 8, .八ba1eight

In cangjie it is written with TMM

How to write 兰

To write兰lan2surname Lan you should write a combination of 丷ba1'eight' component … , 三san1surname San arranged in a 吕 shape:

丷 + 三 = 兰

兰 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 兰 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 兰, looks as follow:

兰
Pinyin:lan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lan . Abbr. For Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 Zhou1], Gansu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
三
Pinyin:san1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname San
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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