佩兰 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pèi belt ornament

Common 凡 cloth 巾 ornaments worn by people 亻

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

凡 Meaning component

fán all

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bwojH	[b]ˤək-s	to wear at girdle, pendants
Zhengzhang		bɯːs
Unicode	bhə̀i

說文解字

大帶佩也。从人从凡从巾。佩必有巾，巾謂之飾。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

lán orchid Simplified

Simplified form of 蘭. Phonosemantic compound. 䒑 represents the meaning and 三 represents the sound.

Components

䒑 Meaning component

cǎo grass

䒑 is a component form of 艸.

二 Simplified component

èr two

Shorthand for the 闌 component in the traditional character 蘭.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

烂拦栏

Sources

Character origin: Wiktionary
Readings & variants: Unicode

orchid Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

闌 Sound component

door screen

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lan	k.rˤan	orchid

說文解字

《說文》：“蘭，香艸也。从艸，闌聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

佩 pèi belt ornament

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兰 lán orchid Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

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蘭 orchid Traditional

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Character Evolution

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pèi belt ornament

lán orchid Simplified

orchid Traditional