Hanja Analyzer
朗

朗 — rang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
밝을 랑
Romanization
rang
English
clear, bright; distinct
Mandarin
lǎng
Japanese on'yomi
ロウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ほが.らか あき.らか
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,374 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
月 (74, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
良
Unicode
U+6717

Parts that make up 朗

  • 良 어질 량sound 복도와 방을 그린 것으로 본다좋은 것. ‘량·랑’ 계열의 소리
  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다

How 朗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 朗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 良, 月.

Korean example words with 朗

  • 낭보朗報 Korean gloss: 기쁜 기별이나 소식
  • 낭독朗讀 Korean gloss: 글을 소리 내어 읽음
  • 낭송朗誦 Korean gloss: 크게 소리를 내어 글을 읽거나 욈
  • 낭려하다朗麗 Korean gloss: 맑고 곱다
  • 청랑하다晴朗 Korean gloss: 날씨가 맑고 화창하다
  • 명랑하다明朗 Korean gloss: 흐린 데 없이 밝고 환하다
  • 명랑성明朗性 Korean gloss: 명랑한 특성
  • 낭독법朗讀法 Korean gloss: 글을 소리 내어 읽는 방법
  • 낭독자朗讀者 Korean gloss: 글을 소리 내어 읽는 사람
  • 낭독식朗讀式 Korean gloss: 글을 소리 내어 읽는 것과 같은 방식
  • 낭송제朗誦祭 Korean gloss: 청중 앞에서 소리 내어 글을 읽는 행사
  • 낭송조朗誦調 Korean gloss: 크게 소리를 내어 글을 읽거나 외는 말투

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 朗

  • 朗読ろうどく reading aloud; recitation
  • 明朗めいろう cheerful; bright; clear
  • 朗報ろうほう good news; happy news; glad tidings
  • 朗詠ろうえい recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
  • 朗らかほがらか cheerful; merry; sunny
  • 晴朗せいろう clear; fair; fine
  • 朗々ろうろう clear; sonorous; full-sounding
  • 朗吟ろうぎん recitation; singing
  • 朗唱ろうしょう recitation; chant
  • 晃朗こうろう bright and brilliant
  • 融朗ゆうろう brightness; clearness
  • 不明朗ふめいろう gloominess; gloom; questionable

Characters sharing the phonetic 良

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

俍 娘 浪 狼 琅 稂 粮 莨 蜋 踉 郞 閬

Other hanja read “랑”

廊 榔 浪 狼 琅 瑯 硠 稂 莨 蜋 螂 郎 郞 閬

Other hanja with radical 月

月 有 朋 朌 服 朏 朔 朕 望 朝 朞 期 朣 朦 朧

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