U+5170 "兰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
兰
U+5170 "兰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a simplified Chinese character that traditionally represents the orchid flower, symbolizing elegance, refinement, and noble character in East Asian culture. In its traditional form it is written as 蘭 and belongs to the radical for grass or plants, with its structure incorporating components related to fragrance and enclosure. This character is frequently used in names, poetry, and artistic contexts to evoke beauty and virtue, and it appears in words like 兰花 meaning orchid and 兰州 referring to the city of Lanzhou in China. Its representation in Unicode ensures consistent digital encoding across platforms for this widely recognized ideograph.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5170 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 兰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 兰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x85 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5170 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005170 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5170 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27563E |
| kCangjie | TMM |
| kCantonese | laan4 |
| kDefinition | orchid; elegant, graceful |
| kEACC | 27563E |
| kFourCornerCode | 8010 |
| kGB0 | 3228 |
| kHanYu | 10242.020 |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10242.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0078.021 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-403C |
| kTGH | 2013:306 |
| kKangXi | 0078.021 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5695 |
| kMandarin | lán |
| kPhonetic | 766 1100 |
| kRSUnicode | 12.3 1.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 4.08 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 208.040:lán |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "蘭" U+862D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0672.070:lán |