蘭
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lán · orchid

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Shape and proportion

21Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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艹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 蘭

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Example sentences

Notice where 蘭 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ shì fēn lán rén.我是芬蘭人。

I'm Finnish.

Source: Tatoeba #1959886 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì wū kè lán rén.我是烏克蘭人。

I'm Ukrainian.

Source: Tatoeba #13172094 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu yì xiē lái zì sū gé lán de gē.有一些來自蘇格蘭的歌。

There are some songs from Scotland.

Source: Tatoeba #760766 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jū lǐ fū rén shì bō lán rén, bú shì fǎ guó rén.居里夫人是波蘭人,不是法國人。

Marie Curie was Polish, not French.

Source: Tatoeba #834415 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dé hēi lán shì yī lǎng de shǒudū.德黑蘭是伊朗的首都。

Tehran is the capital of Iran.

Source: Tatoeba #13192375 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mǎi le yì xiǎo zhī líng lán.我買了一小枝鈴蘭。

I bought a sprig of lily of the valley.

Source: Tatoeba #13573403 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 蘭 in context

  1. Say lán, then recall the core meaning: orchid.
  2. Write all 21 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 蘭 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.