兰学

Traditional form:

蘭學

Pinyin (reading):

lánxué

Definitions:

• Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan)

Characters:

• 兰 - orchid; elegant, graceful
• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology

Traditional characters:

• 蘭 - orchid; elegant, graceful
• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology