Chinese symbol for “orchid”
兰
lán
Traditional: 蘭
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for orchid is 兰 (lán), defined as: orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “orchid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佩兰 (佩蘭) | pèi lán | orchid; fragrant thoroughwort |
| 兰花 (蘭花) | lán huā | cymbidium; orchid |
| 蕳 | jiān | orchid (same as 蘭草|兰草); Eupatorium (same as 蕑) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 兰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法兰 (法蘭) | fǎ lán | flange (loanword) |
| 兰花 (蘭花) | lán huā | cymbidium; orchid |
| 木兰 (木蘭) | mù lán | lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora) |
| 兰姆 (蘭姆) | lán mǔ | rum (beverage) (loanword) |
| 白兰地 (白蘭地) | bái lán dì | (loanword) brandy |
| 紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭) | zǐ luó lán | (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “orchid”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.