蘭 — ran

Parts that make up 蘭

How 蘭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蘭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 闌.

Korean example words with 蘭

• 난향蘭香 Korean gloss: 난초의 향기
• 난야蘭若 Korean gloss: 고요한 곳이라는 뜻으로, ‘절’을 이르는 말
• 난언蘭言 Korean gloss: 난초 향기와 같은 말이라는 뜻으로, 서로 뜻이 맞고 마음이 통하는 말. 또는 친구의 말
• 난학蘭學 Korean gloss: 일본 에도 시대에 유럽, 특히 네덜란드 동인도 회사를 통해 유입된 서양의 학문을 이르는 말
• 난꽃蘭꽃 Korean gloss: 난초의 꽃
• 애란인愛蘭人 Korean gloss: 난을 매우 좋아하는 사람
• 난객蘭客 Korean gloss: 좋은 벗.
• 난전蘭田 Korean gloss: 난초 밭.
• 난총蘭叢 Korean gloss: 난초 숲.
• 난포蘭圃 Korean gloss: 난초 밭.
• 난엽蘭葉 Korean gloss: 난초의 잎.
• 난화蘭花 Korean gloss: 난초의 꽃.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蘭

• 蘭学らんがく rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
• 蘭らん orchid; Netherlands; Holland
• 伊蘭イラン Iran
• 英蘭イングランド England
• 芬蘭フィンランド Finland
• 波蘭ポーランド Poland
• 蘭国らんこく Holland
• 鈴蘭すずらん lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)
• 蘭虫らんちゅう ranchu; variety of goldfish
• 紫蘭しらん Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)
• 洋蘭ようらん orchid of Western origin; tropical orchid
• 葉蘭はらん cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior); baran; green plastic garnish (orig. made from leaves) used in lunch boxes, with sushi, etc.

Characters sharing the phonetic 闌

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “란” in Korean.

Other hanja read “란”

Other hanja with radical 艸