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蘭

JLPT N1 19 strokes Frequency: #1886

Meanings

Orchid, Holland

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹闌

Etymology

Pictophonetic: flower

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 19

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical top-to-bottom

3 vertical right-to-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 vertical right-to-left

9 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

14 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

15 horizontal bottom-to-top

16 horizontal bottom-to-top

17 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

18 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

19 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ラン ran

ラ ra

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

70 words total

Other (20 words)

蘭学らんがく

rangaku

蘭国らんこく

Holland

竜舌蘭りゅうぜつらん

agave

鈴蘭すずらん

lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)

仏蘭西フランス

France

蘭虫らんちゅう

ranchu

紫蘭しらん

Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)

洋蘭ようらん

orchid of Western origin

葉蘭はらん

cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior)

蘭栽培法らんさいばいほう

orchidology

蘭人らんじん

Dutchman

愛蘭アイルランド

Ireland (country)

栄光蘭えいこうらん

Spanish dagger

折鶴蘭おりづるらん

St Bernard's lily (Chlorophytum comosum)

羽蝶蘭うちょうらん

Ponerorchis graminifolia (Orchis graminifolia)

胡蝶蘭こちょうらん

moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)

絹蘭きぬらん

lawn orchid

君子蘭くんしらん

clivia (esp. drooping clivia, Clivia nobilis)

英蘭戦争えいらんせんそう

Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)

orchid

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