The Chinese Radical: 兰


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orchid, lily magnolia    兰

Explanation backbone-less sheep

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

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

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

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