兰
lánLán HSK7

orchid

兰 (蘭) lán frequency
thoroughwort noun
fragrant thoroughwort (Eupatorium fortunei)

古人常佩戴兰草以求芬芳。

gǔ​rén cháng pèi​dài lán cǎo yǐ qiú fēn​fāng.

Ancient people often wore thoroughwort for its fragrance.

orchid noun
orchid (Cymbidium goeringii)

这种兰每到春天就会开出非常淡雅的花朵。

zhè zhǒng lán měi dào chūn​tiān jiù huì kāi​chū fēi​cháng dàn​yǎ de huā​duǒ.

This kind of orchid produces very elegant and delicate flowers every spring.

lily magnolia proper name
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)

木兰在早春时节开花。

mù​lán zài zǎo chūn shí​jié kāi​huā.

Magnolia blooms in early spring.

兰 (蘭) Lán
Lan proper name
the Chinese surname Lan

兰先生是我们的教授。

Lán xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de jiào​shòu.

Mr. Lan is our professor.

Lanzhou abbreviation
abbreviation for Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province

兰新高铁提升了西北的运输能力。

Lán Xīn gāo​tiě tí​shēng le Xī​běi de yùn​shū néng​lì.

The Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway has improved the transport capacity of the Northwest.

Frequency
Character
Written text
642nd most common 320.2 per million
Movie subtitles
532nd most common 266.3 per million appears in 40% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
41.9 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
47.4 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
蘭
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5170

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)