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lán

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lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lán | lan2
English translation
blue; indigo plant; surname

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About lán

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of lán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹監

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and jiān represents the sound. Simplified form of lán .

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Words with lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Lán blue lán
蓝色 lán sè blue (color)藍色
蓝天 lán tiān blue sky藍天
蓝图 lán tú blueprint藍圖
蔚蓝 wèilán azure蔚藍
蓝宝石 lán bǎo shí sapphire藍寶石
甘蓝 gān lán cabbage甘藍
蓝领 lán lǐng blue-collar藍領
湛蓝 zhàn lán azure湛藍
蓝本 lán běn blueprint藍本
蓝皮书 lán pí shū an official report (e.g. governmental)藍皮書
天蓝 tiān lán sky blue天藍
天蓝色 tiān lán sè azure天藍色
蓝藻 lán zǎo cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)藍藻
蓝山 Lán shān Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州 Yǒng zhōu [Yǒng​zhōu], Hunan藍山
板蓝根 bǎn lán gēn indigo woad root板藍根
碧蓝 bì lán dark blue碧藍
蓝田 Lán tián Lantian county in Xi'an 西安 Xī ān [Xī​'ān], Shaanxi藍田
蓝鲸 lán jīng blue whale藍鯨
深蓝 Shēn lán Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)深藍
蓝光 Lán guāng Blu-ray (disc format)藍光
海军蓝 hǎi jūn lán navy blue海軍藍

lán Decomposition & Compounds

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