1. Lan, a standard secondary character in modern Chinese, is pronounced l á n in Mandarin, which was first seen in Xiaozhuan, a small seal script in the Qin Dynasty.
2. It belongs to pictophonetic characters in the Six Books.
3. The basic meaning of Lan is the fog in the mountain forest, such as Xi Lan and Shan Lan.
4. The extended meaning of "Lan" is mountain fog, such as Xiaolan, Lanxiu.
