surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

= + : In the anthill's kitchen Lancelot sees a mean crocodile and wants to capture it with a coordinate system. The crocodile just wants to be friends with Lancelot though and gives him an orchid.

兰 character breakdown

three / 3

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes.

Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the ants. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) ants stop to watch the performance.
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

Characters with 兰 as component

soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) is taking a bath in the anthill's bathroom (an4). The bathtub is sitting on a fire (火), so the water is really hot. Sir Lancelot has added a few orchids (兰) to the bath, but because the water is so warm, they're all mushy and rotten (烂).
fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)

= + : Lancelot (l) is taking part in a hurdles (栏) race just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The hurdles are made out of orchids (兰) and Christmas trees (木). For sure tomorrow there will be a special column (栏) about this event in the newspaper.
to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi)

= + : Sir Lancelot is rushing through the anthill's kitchen. He tries to flag down a taxi using a toy claw and an orchid.

Words with 兰

the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)
flange (loanword)
flannel (loanword) / Taiwan pr. [fa4 lan2 rong2]
Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
France (phonetic transliteration)
Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)
Ulaanchab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
Gelderland, province of the Netherlands
Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author
Wulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader
Ulaanchab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

Sentences with 兰

兰 currently does not appear in any sentence.