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lán

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lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lán | lan2
English translation
mountain mist, mountain haze

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About lán

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Wind  fēng blowing off the mountain  Shān

Etymology of lán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

山风

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Words with lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lán mist lán
李岚清 Lǐ Lán qīng Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician李嵐清
岚县 Lán xiàn Lan county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁 Lǚ liáng [Lǚ​liáng], Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 嵐縣
岢岚 Kě lán Kelan county in Xinzhou 忻州 Xīn zhōu [Xīn​zhōu], Shanxi岢嵐
岚皋县 Lán gāo Xiàn Langao County in Ankang 安康 Ān kāng [An​kāng], Shaanxi嵐皋縣
岚皋 Lán gāo Langao County in Ankang 安康 Ān kāng [An​kāng], Shaanxi嵐皋
岢岚县 Kě lán xiàn Kelan county in Xinzhou 忻州 Xīn zhōu [Xīn​zhōu], Shanxi岢嵐縣

lán Decomposition & Compounds

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