(lán)

orchid

How 蘭 is written

Strokes
21
Radical
— grass
Traditional
Simplified

Components

Common words using 蘭

愛爾蘭 àiěrlán
Ireland
新西蘭 xīnxīlán
New Zealand
米蘭 mǐlán
Milano; Milan (Italy)
紫羅蘭 zǐluólán
violet
芬蘭 fēnlán
Finland; Suomi
花木蘭 huāmùlán
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
英格蘭 yīnggélán
England
荷蘭 hélán
Holland; the Netherlands
蘇格蘭 sūgélán
Scotland
蘭州 lánzhōu
Lanzhou prefecture level city and capital of Gansu province 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
蘭花 lánhuā
cymbidium; orchid
蘭蔻 lánkòu
Lancôme, French cosmetics brand

蘭 in a sentence

我媽媽很喜歡種蘭花。

Wǒ māma hěn xǐhuān zhòng lánhuā.

“My mother likes growing orchids very much.”

How common is 蘭?

蘭 is the 641st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 蘭

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