The Chinese Radical: 兰




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Meaning
orchid, lily magnolia    兰

Explanation backbone-less sheep 羊

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
rotten, soft, mushy, well-cooked, decompose, chaotic
làn
Left: fire 火, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals)
The fire turns the orchid into: soft and rotten.  
HSK 5
obstruct, to block sb's path, hinder
lán
Left: hand 扌, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals)
The hand is for a backless sheep 羊 an obstruction.  
HSK 6
column (of balance sheet), fence, hurdle, box
lán
Left: tree 木, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals)
As trees and orchids grow upwards, (the rows/cells 三 are) in columns of a spreadsheet.  
no HSK
orchid, lily magnolia
lán
Top: blossom 丷, bottom: three 三 petals
The flower with the petals forms the orchid.  
no HSK
heavy breathing, sound of escaping laughter, to water

Left: mouth 口, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when a tray 一 with things || is loaded onto a sheep 羊 that it goes to its knees 八 is a: heavy breath.  
no HSK
unpolished gem

Left: king, jade 王, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
If the jade appears like in a 'thicket', it is still an: unpolished gemstone.  

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