木蘭

See also: 木兰

Chinese

tree; wood orchid
trad. (木蘭) 木 蘭
simp. (木兰) 木 兰
A blooming lily magnolia

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 木 蘭
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 東 (3) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 莫卜切 落干切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muk̚/ /lɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/muk̚/ /lɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/muk̚/ /lɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məwk̚/ /lan/
Li
Rong
/muk̚/ /lɑn/
Wang
Li
/muk̚/ /lɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muk̚/ /lɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mù lán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
muk6 laan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 木 蘭
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
mù lán
Middle
Chinese
‹ muwk › ‹ lan ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.mˁok/ /*k.rˁan/
English tree, wood orchid

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 木 蘭
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9327 6119
Phonetic
component
木 柬
Rime
group
屋 元
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
木 蘭
Old
Chinese
/*moːɡ/ /*ɡ·raːn/

Noun

木蘭

  1. (botany) red or lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)
Derived terms
  • 木蘭步/木兰步
  • 木蘭舟/木兰舟

Proper noun

木蘭

  1. (Chinese legend) Mulan (a legendary female warrior, usually given the surname Hua 花)
  2. (~溪) Mulan River (a watercourse of central Fujian which enters the Taiwan Strait in Putian's Hanjiang District)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Manchu ᠮᡠᡵᠠᠨ (muran).

Proper noun

木蘭

  1. (historical) a Qing-dynasty royal hunting ground in Hebei province
  2. (~縣) Mulan (a county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
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