岚 (Lán): Arashi (Japanese five-member bo…

Meanings

1 Arashi (Japanese five-member boy group debuted 1999 under Johnny & Associates, members Ohno, Sakurai, Aiba, Ninomiya, Matsumoto, on indefinite hiatus from 2020)

Characters

岚

lán

storm / mountain mist

Examples

岚是杰尼斯事务所最成功的团体之一。

Lán shì Jié nísī Shìwùsuǒ zuì chénggōng de tuántǐ zhīyī.

Arashi is one of Johnny & Associates' most successful groups.

岚在2020年底宣布停止活动。

Lán zài 2020 niándǐ xuānbù tíngzhǐ huódòng.

Arashi announced a halt to activities at the end of 2020.

Tips

culture

嵐 (Arashi, literally 'storm') was Japan's dominant boy group of the 2000s-2010s and the final superstar Johnny's group before the founder's 2019 death and the subsequent agency scandal. Member Jun Matsumoto (松本润) starred in 《花样男子》 (Hana Yori Dango, 2005-2007), a Japanese drama with huge mainland Chinese fanbase. Arashi went on hiatus December 31, 2020.

Components

radical

山 shān

mountain

Top mountain radical — pictograph of three peaks. It marks 岚 as belonging to the mountain family alongside 峰 peak, 岩 cliff, 岭 ridge. Above the wind below, it gives the literal picture behind the meaning: 岚 is the haze that drifts among high mountain ridges.

semantic

风 fēng

wind

Bottom 风 — the simplified wind character, contributing both meaning and (loosely) sound. Mountain plus wind paints the image of mist swept along a ridge — a particularly evocative scenic word that occurs in classical poetry. Often used as a given-name element for its lyrical mountain-mist association.