Chinese Character 蘭 Meanings and components.

Form

蘭

Meaning

蘭 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 蘭 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 railing (闌)

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

In cangjie it is written with TANW

How to write 蘭

To write蘭lan2surname Lan you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 闌lan2railing arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 闌 = 蘭

蘭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

蘭
Pinyin:lan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lan . Abbr. For Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 Zhou1], Gansu
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
闌
Pinyin:lan2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Railing . Balustrade . Door-Screen . Exhausted . Late
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
柬
Pinyin:jian3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 柬埔寨[Jian3 Pu3 Zhai4], Cambodia

Notes

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

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

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