兰

orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #191 U+5170

Pictograph (象形字)

An orchid in bloom

components: 丷三

orchid · Heisig RSH #533

羊 sheep

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 兰 as their sound component

These characters all use 兰 (lán) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兰 sound component	lán	orchid; elegant, graceful
烂	làn	overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
栏	lán	fence, railing, balustrade
拦	lán	to block, to hinder, to obstruct

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
兰山区	Lán shān Qū	Lanshan, a district of Linyi City 臨沂市\|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 Shi4], Shandong
法兰西斯	Fǎ lán xī sī	Francis (name)
海尔德兰	Hǎi ěr dé lán	Gelderland, province of the Netherlands
白兰地	bái lán dì	(loanword) brandy
兰西县	Lán xī Xiàn	Lanxi, a county in Suihua City 綏化市\|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
法兰德斯	Fǎ lán dé sī	Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時\|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
马兰花	mǎ lán huā	iris; Iris tectorum
兰州大学	Lán zhōu Dà xué	Lanzhou University
亚特兰大	Yà tè lán dà	Atlanta
兰开斯特	Lán kāi sī tè	Lancaster
法兰斯	Fǎ lán sī	France (phonetic transliteration)
拉法兰	Lā fǎ lán	Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
西兰花	xī lán huā	broccoli
法兰克	Fǎ lán kè	the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)
马里兰	Mǎ lǐ lán	Maryland, US state
法兰西	Fǎ lán xī	France
马兰基地	Mǎ lán jī dì	Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古…
兰山	Lán shān	see 蘭山區\|兰山区[Lan2 shan1 Qu1]
东兰县	Dōng lán Xiàn	Donglan, a county in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi
兰学	lán xué	Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan)