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蘭
JLPT N1 19 strokes Frequency: #1886

Meanings

Orchid, Holland

Radicals

θ‰Ή

Decomposition

βΏ±θ‰Ήι—Œ

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)
糸蘭 いとらん

Yucca smalliana (species of yucca)

ε›γŒδ»£θ˜­ γγΏγŒγ‚ˆγ‚‰γ‚“

curve-leaf yucca (Yucca recurvifolia)

蘭θͺž らんご

Dutch (language)

ζ˜₯蘭 しゅんらん

noble orchid (Cymbidium goeringii)

阿蘭θ‹₯ あらんにゃ

isolated place

ζΎθ‘‰θ˜­ ま぀ばらん

whisk fern (Psilotum nudum)

η΄«ε›ε­θ˜­ むらさきくんしらん

African lily (Agapanthus africanus)

εΈƒθ’‹θ˜­ ほていらん

fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa, esp. Calypso bulbosa var. speciosa)

θ˜­ζ–Ή らんぽう

Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

η§‹η”°θ˜­η”» γ‚γγŸγ‚‰γ‚“γŒ

Akita ranga

蘭月 らんげ぀

seventh lunar month

岩高蘭 γŒγ‚“γ“γ†γ‚‰γ‚“

black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)

蘭領 γ‚‰γ‚“γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

Dutch territory

ζ–°θ₯Ώθ˜­ζ‰‡ζ­―ι―¨ ニγƒ₯γƒΌγ‚ΈγƒΌγƒ©γƒ³γƒ‰γŠγ†γŽγ―γγ˜γ‚‰

Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori)

桷蘭 うんらん

Linaria japonica (species of toadflax)

θ˜­ζ–ΉεŒ» らんぽうい

doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)

ι’ιˆ΄θ˜­ γ‚γŠγ™γšγ‚‰γ‚“

Epipactis papillosa (species of orchid)

朝ζ—₯蘭 あさひらん

Eleorchis japonica (species of orchid)

δΈ€θ‘‰θ˜­ γ„γ‘γ‚ˆγ†γ‚‰γ‚“

Dactylostalix ringens (species of orchid)

η¬Ήθ‘‰ιŠ€θ˜­ γ•γ•γ°γŽγ‚“γ‚‰γ‚“

Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)