Back to N1 Kanji
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)
沒蘭 さわらん

Eleorchis japonica (species of orchid)

ι‡‡ι…θ˜­ さいはいらん

Cremastra appendiculata (species of orchid)

θ±†θ”¦θ˜­ まめγ₯γŸγ‚‰γ‚“

Bulbophyllum drymoglossum (species of orchid)

ε°δΈ€θ‘‰θ˜­ γ“γ„γ‘γ‚ˆγ†γ‚‰γ‚“

Ephippianthus schmidtii (species of orchid)

ζˆε±‹θ˜­ γͺγ‚Šγ‚„γ‚‰γ‚“

bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia)

η΄…ι ­η΄«θ˜­ こうとうしらん

Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata)

ζ‘©θ€Άθ˜­ まやらん

Cymbidium macrorhizon (species of orchid)

ζ±ζ΄‹θ˜­ γ¨γ†γ‚ˆγ†γ‚‰γ‚“

Oriental orchid

徳利蘭 γ¨γ£γγ‚Šγ‚‰γ‚“

elephant's foot (Beaucarnea recurvata)

θ˜­η”» γ‚‰γ‚“γŒ

Western-inspired art (Edo period)

芝蘭 しらん

reishi mushroom and thoroughwort

蘭貒 ダンゴン

Yangon (Myanmar)

蘭領印度 γ‚‰γ‚“γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ‚€γƒ³γƒ‰

Dutch East Indies

蘭印 らんいん

Dutch East Indies

蘭州 らんしゅう

Lanzhou (China)

ι‡‘θ˜­ きんらん

golden orchid (Cephalanthera falcata)

θ˜­ε­¦θ€… γ‚‰γ‚“γŒγγ—γ‚ƒ

scholar of Western sciences (by means of the Dutch language; during the Edo period)

柳蘭 γ‚„γͺγŽγ‚‰γ‚“

rosebay (Epilobium angustifolium)

ζ—₯蘭 にけらん

Japan and the Netherlands

钨蘭 フウラン

wind orchid (Vanda falcata)