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蘭 = ｜ + 一 + 日 + 木 + 門 + 艹

蘭 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “orchid”. It is built from ｜ (pipe), 一 (one), 日 (day), 木 (tree), 門 (gates) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2449.

Keyword
orchid
RTK frame
2449
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ラン, ラ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
орхидея
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
蘭 orchid

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. ｜ pipe
  2. 一 one
  3. 日 day
  4. 木 tree
  5. 門 gates
  6. 艹 mugwort

How to find 蘭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pipe” + “one” + “day”. 蘭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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