Chinese Character 藍 Meanings and components.

Form

藍

Meaning

藍 meaning[3] in English

Surname Lan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 藍 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 (監)

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

In cangjie it is written with TSIT

How to write 藍

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

艹 + 監 = 藍

藍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

藍
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]
監
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
亽
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 亼[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
*
Pinyin:*
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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