See also:
U+862D, 蘭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-862D

[U+862C]
CJK Unified IdeographsCategory:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000034349
[U+862E]
Category:Han script characters#%20
Category:Character boxes with images#*0000063775
U+F91F, 蘭
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F91F

[U+F91E]
CJK Compatibility IdeographsCategory:CJK Compatibility Ideographs block#*0000063775
[U+F920]
Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Translingual

Han character

Category:Translingual lemmas#艸17蘭Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#艸17蘭Category:Translingual symbols#艸17蘭Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#艸17蘭Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#艸17蘭Category:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭 (Kangxi radical 140, +17 in Chinese and Korean, 艸+16 in Japanese, 21 strokes in Chinese in Chinese in traditional Chinese, 21 strokes in Korean, 19 strokes in Japanese, 20 strokes in mainland China, Cangjie input 廿日弓田 (TANW), four-corner 44227, composition (GHTK) or (J))Category:Han char with multiple idsCategory:Han script characters#艸17蘭

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1070, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32477
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1536, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3333, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+862D

Chinese

trad.
simp. *
nonstandard simp. 𬞕
Zheng Sixiao's 1306 Orchid (《蘭》), depicting a member of the order Orchidaceae (蘭 or 蘭花)
Chinese eupatorium (E. fortunei, 佩蘭 or 蘭草), cultivated for its fragrant oil and for use in traditional medicine
Magnolia blossom (木蘭花)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːn)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#艸17: semantic (plant) + phonetic (OC *ɡ·raːn)Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#蘭.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter lan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lan/
Li
Rong
/lɑn/
Wang
Li
/lɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
laan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lán
Middle
Chinese
‹ lan ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.rˁan/
English orchid

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6119
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·raːn/
Category:Chinese lemmas#艸17Category:Mandarin lemmas#艸17Category:Cantonese lemmas#艸17Category:Gan lemmas#艸17Category:Hakka lemmas#艸17Category:Jin lemmas#艸17Category:Northern Min lemmas#艸17Category:Eastern Min lemmas#艸17Category:Hokkien lemmas#艸17Category:Teochew lemmas#艸17Category:Puxian Min lemmas#艸17Category:Wu lemmas#艸17Category:Xiang lemmas#艸17Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#艸17Category:Old Chinese lemmas#艸17Category:Chinese hanzi#艸17Category:Mandarin hanzi#艸17Category:Cantonese hanzi#艸17Category:Gan hanzi#艸17Category:Hakka hanzi#艸17Category:Jin hanzi#艸17Category:Northern Min hanzi#艸17Category:Eastern Min hanzi#艸17Category:Hokkien hanzi#艸17Category:Teochew hanzi#艸17Category:Puxian Min hanzi#艸17Category:Wu hanzi#艸17Category:Xiang hanzi#艸17Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#艸17Category:Old Chinese hanzi#艸17Category:Chinese nouns#艸17Category:Mandarin nouns#艸17Category:Cantonese nouns#艸17Category:Gan nouns#艸17Category:Hakka nouns#艸17Category:Jin nouns#艸17Category:Northern Min nouns#艸17Category:Eastern Min nouns#艸17Category:Hokkien nouns#艸17Category:Teochew nouns#艸17Category:Puxian Min nouns#艸17Category:Wu nouns#艸17Category:Xiang nouns#艸17Category:Middle Chinese nouns#艸17Category:Old Chinese nouns#艸17Category:Chinese adjectives#艸17Category:Mandarin adjectives#艸17Category:Cantonese adjectives#艸17Category:Gan adjectives#艸17Category:Hakka adjectives#艸17Category:Jin adjectives#艸17Category:Northern Min adjectives#艸17Category:Eastern Min adjectives#艸17Category:Hokkien adjectives#艸17Category:Teochew adjectives#艸17Category:Puxian Min adjectives#艸17Category:Wu adjectives#艸17Category:Xiang adjectives#艸17Category:Middle Chinese adjectives#艸17Category:Old Chinese adjectives#艸17Category:Chinese proper nouns#艸17Category:Mandarin proper nouns#艸17Category:Cantonese proper nouns#艸17Category:Gan proper nouns#艸17Category:Hakka proper nouns#艸17Category:Jin proper nouns#艸17Category:Northern Min proper nouns#艸17Category:Eastern Min proper nouns#艸17Category:Hokkien proper nouns#艸17Category:Teochew proper nouns#艸17Category:Puxian Min proper nouns#艸17Category:Wu proper nouns#艸17Category:Xiang proper nouns#艸17Category:Middle Chinese proper nouns#艸17Category:Old Chinese proper nouns#艸17Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#艸17Category:Chinese terms spelled with 蘭#艸17

Definitions

Category:Chinese lemmas#艸17Category:Chinese hanzi#艸17Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#艸17Category:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. orchid, especially cymbidium
  2. Eupatorium fortunei
  3. (in compounds) A plant that is fragrant or shares morphological similarities with orchids or Eupatorium fortunei
       lán   Aster indicusCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
       lán   Lycopus lucidusCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
    米仔米仔   mǐzǐlán   Aglaia odorataCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
       lán   Magnolia liliifloraCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
       diàolán   Chlorophytum comosumCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
    蟹爪蟹爪   xièzhǎolán   Schlumbergera truncataCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
       lán   Aster indicusCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
  4. alternative form of  / (lán)
       jièlán   gailanCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
    西西   lánhuā   broccoliCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
  5. elegant; graceful
  6. short for 蘭州兰州 (Lánzhōu, “Lanzhou”)Category:Chinese short forms
  7. a surnameCategory:Chinese surnames#艸17
  8. Used in transcription. Often used for -land in foreign place names.
    愛爾爱尔   Ài'ěrlán   IrelandCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
       Fēnlán   FinlandCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

Compounds

Category:zh:Orchids#艸17

Japanese

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]


&#xF91F;
or
+&#xFE00;?
󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
󠄄
+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Category:Japanese kanji#艸17Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#艸17Category:Japanese jinmeiyō kanji#艸17
  1. Eupatorium fortunei
  2. orchid
  3. aromatic, fragrant
  4. government office that handles documents
  5. kanji used to transliterate borrowings from foreign languages, especially Buddhist terms from Sanskrit
  6. short for 阿蘭陀, 和蘭, 和蘭陀 (Oranda)Category:Japanese short forms#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らん: Holland, the Netherlands

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
らん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭 read as らん#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らんCategory:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#らん

From Middle ChineseCategory:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らん (MC lan).

Compare modern Mandarin  / (lán)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#蘭.

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#らんCategory:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#らん

Noun

(らん) or (ラン) (ranCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#蘭Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#蘭) Category:Japanese lemmas#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らんCategory:Japanese nouns#らんCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#らんCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#らんCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#らんCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭#らんCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#らんCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#らんCategory:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. an orchid
  2. a style of 家紋 (kamon, family crest), featuring designs of orchid flowers and/or leaves
  3. (archaicCategory:Japanese terms with archaic senses#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らん) synonym of 藤袴 (fujibakama): Eupatorium fortunei, a type of flower of the family Asteraceae
Derived terms

Proper noun

(らん) (RanCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#蘭Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#蘭) Category:Japanese lemmas#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らんCategory:Japanese proper nouns#らんCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#らんCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#らんCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#らんCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭#らんCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#らんCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#らんCategory:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. short for 阿蘭陀, 和蘭, 和蘭陀 (Oranda)Category:Japanese short forms#らん: Holland, the Netherlands, Dutch
  2. a female given nameCategory:Japanese given names#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らんCategory:Japanese female given names#らん
  3. a surnameCategory:Japanese surnames#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らん
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
らに
Jinmeiyō
irregular
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭#らにCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#らにCategory:Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings#らに

/ran//rani/

Shift from ran above.

Compare (en → eni, destiny, fate) and (zen → zeni, coin), with similar shifts.

Noun

(らに) (raniCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#蘭Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#蘭) Category:Japanese lemmas#らにCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#らにCategory:Japanese nouns#らにCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#らにCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#らにCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#らにCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭#らにCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#らにCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#らにCategory:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. (archaicCategory:Japanese terms with archaic senses#らん) synonym of 藤袴 (fujibakama): Eupatorium fortunei, a type of flower of the family Asteraceae

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
あららぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭 read as あららぎ#あららき'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あららき'Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#あららき'

From Old JapaneseCategory:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#らんCategory:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#らん, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[3]

Any further derivation is unclear. Speculative possibilities include:

  • The initial ara- may be cognate with 荒い (arai, rough; wild). The final -ragi is unknown, however.
  • Alternatively, the initial arara- may be cognate with 荒らか (araraka, rough; wild). The final -gi may be cognate with (ki, tree), perhaps in reference to the way the plant's stalk rises straight and tall.

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)#らんCategory:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#らん

Noun

(あららぎ) or (アララギ) (araragiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#蘭Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#蘭) Category:Japanese lemmas#あららき'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あららき'Category:Japanese nouns#あららき'Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#あららき'Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#あららき'Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#あららき'Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭#あららき'Category:Japanese single-kanji terms#あららき'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あららき'Category:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. synonym of 一位 (ichii): Taxus cuspidata, the Japanese yew
  2. (archaicCategory:Japanese terms with archaic senses#らん) synonym of 野蒜 (nobiru): Allium macrostemonCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Allium%20macrostemon, a species of wild onion
Derived terms

Proper noun

(あららぎ) (AraragiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#蘭Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#蘭) Category:Japanese lemmas#あららき'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あららき'Category:Japanese proper nouns#あららき'Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#あららき'Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#あららき'Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#あららき'Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蘭#あららき'Category:Japanese single-kanji terms#あららき'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あららき'Category:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. a surnameCategory:Japanese surnames#あららぎCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あららぎ

References

  1. Haga, Gōtarō (1914), 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1870 (paper), page 987 (digital)
  2. 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#蘭Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#蘭 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938), Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
Category:ja:Flowers#らんCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#らんCategory:ja:Orchids#らんCategory:ja:Eupatorieae tribe plants#らん Category:ja:Conifers#あららぎCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あららぎCategory:ja:Alliums#あららぎ

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 란초 (rancho ran), word-initial (South Korea) 란초 (rancho nan))Category:Korean lemmas#란Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#란Category:Korean hanja#란Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#란Category:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. hanja form? of (orchid)Category:Korean hanja forms#蘭

(eumhun 난초 (nancho ran), word-initial (South Korea) 난초 (nancho nan))Category:Korean lemmas#란Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#란Category:Korean hanja#란Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#란Category:Pages with entries#蘭Category:Pages with 5 entries#蘭

  1. hanja form? of (orchid (South Korea))Category:Korean hanja forms#蘭

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: lan[1][2][3][4][5][6]Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#艸17 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
: Nôm readings: lan[1][2][3], lơn[1], lanh[1], chan[1]Category:Vietnamese Nom#艸17 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

  1. chữ Hán form of lan (orchid, syllable in Sino-Vietnamese transcriptions of foreign names)Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán

Compounds

References

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