Chinese Character 蓝 Meanings and components.

Form

蓝

Meaning

蓝 meaning[3] in English

Surname Lan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蓝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and to supervise (监)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TLIT

How to write 蓝

To write蓝lan2surname Lan you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 监jian1to supervise arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 监 = 蓝

蓝 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蓝
Pinyin:lan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lan
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
监
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

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

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

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