How to Write 岚 (lán) — Meaning “Mountain mist; mountain haze”

Picture a mountain (山) with wind (风) blowing across its peak, causing a soft haze to form. The wind carries the mist, so you can remember 岚 as "mountain wind mist."

Write the top radical 山 first, making it compact and centered. Then write the bottom part 风, ensuring the hook and enclosed stroke are clear — a common mistake is to make the 风 component too wide, which unbalances the character.

屹 (yì) means "tall and upright" (like a mountain peak) and contains 山 with 乞; 屺 (qǐ) means a bare hill without grass and uses 山 with 己. Unlike these, 岚 specifically refers to mountain mist or haze, and its lower part is 风 (wind), not 乞 or 己.

岚 is not common in daily speech but appears in poetic or literary descriptions of mountain scenery, and often in personal names (e.g., 晓岚). It carries a gentle, artistic feel, evoking natural beauty and mystery.

Common words containing 岚 include: 山岚 (shān lán) — Mountain mist; 岚气 (lán qì) — Mountain mist; mountain vapor; 晓岚 (xiǎo lán) — Xiaolan (a given name).