蓝 lán blue
Made up of [艹 cǎo grass; herb radical 140, 皿 mǐn dish; vessel; shallow container radical 108]Alternative traditional form of character: 藍
Made with 13 strokes.
Contains elements for 'grass' and 'basket' but the lower part is a rough phonetic 'jian'
Related characters
Also uses 艹 cǎo component: 菜 cài (vegetable) 草 cǎo (grass) 茶 chá (tea) 懂 dǒng (to understand) 花 huā (flower) 节 jié (joint) 苦 kǔ (bitter) 劳 láo (to toil) 满 mǎn (to fill) 猫 māo (cat) 蒙 měng (Mongol) 莫 mò (do not) 苹 píng (apple) 葡 pú (grape) 前 qián (front) 若 ruò (to seem) 苏 sū (revive) 萄 táo (grapes) 药 yào (medicine) 艺 yì (skill) 英 yīng (flower) 藏 zàng (treasury) 蒸 zhēng (to steam)
Also uses 皿 mǐn component: 孟 mèng (first month of a season) 盆 pén (basin)
Sounds same
兰 lán (orchid)Pronunciation
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