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[Facts] Chinese character for Lan - "Beautiful Orchid"
My daughter Claire Lan Du was adopted from China in August of 2003. She is now about 3 1/2 years old. We were told that her given Chinese name "Lan" means "beautiful orchid", which agrees with the translation "orchid" given here. I was wondering if anyone more literate in Chinese (Mandarin) than I am could show me the character for this and tell me where ti came from (i.e. what other characters if any, were used to create it and what they mean). Thanks! - Scott Church (Bothell, WA).
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Chinese character for Lan - "Beautiful Orchid"  ·  Scott Church  ·  10/16/2005, 6:29 PM
Mei or Li means "beautiful" in Chinese  ·  Ylva  ·  10/17/2005, 5:01 PM
Re: Mei or Li means "beautiful" in Chinese  ·  Rene  ·  10/17/2005, 11:18 PM
Re: Chinese character for Lan - "Beautiful Orchid"  ·  Rene  ·  10/16/2005, 11:48 PM
Re: Chinese character for Lan - "Beautiful Orchid"  ·  Anneza  ·  10/16/2005, 10:59 PM