烂làn
rotten, spoiled. 9 strokes, radical 火, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin lànStrokes 9Radical 火Band HSK 5Words 1
What 烂 is made of
火 (huǒ, fire) and 兰 (lán, orchid).
火 carries the meaning — fire — and 兰 carries the sound.
How to write 烂
Strokes 1–4 write 火, then strokes 5–9 write 兰.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 烂
Words that use 烂
| 烂 | rotten, spoiled 指食物变质或腐坏 老人们把挑出的烂果清理妥当。The elders sorted out and cleared away the rotten fruit. Lesson 450, 博览自励 · 崇礼敦厚与通济两岸 · Civic Courtesy, Diligence & Cross-River Harmony |
Characters that share the sound part 兰
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 火
All 19 of them, and what the radical means, on the 火 radical page.