Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothes (yī) Character: lan Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1126, Entry 19 Pronounced lan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), a type of unlined garment is called lan. According to the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, a garment without a border is called lan. Also, lanlu refers to being patched or joined together. See the entry for the character lu for further details. Also, senlan is a place name. See the entry for the character sen for further details. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), it is sometimes written as a variant form (lan), and is used interchangeably with the character meaning blue (lan).