浪 — rang

Parts that make up 浪

How 浪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 浪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 良.

Korean example words with 浪

• 탁랑濁浪 Korean gloss: 흐린 물결
• 낭설浪說 Korean gloss: 터무니없는 헛소문
• 파랑波浪 Korean gloss: 잔물결과 큰 물결
• 유랑流浪 Korean gloss: 일정한 거처가 없이 떠돌아다님
• 창랑滄浪 Korean gloss: 넓고 큰 바다의 맑고 푸른 물결
• 방랑放浪 Korean gloss: 정한 곳 없이 이리저리 떠돌아다님
• 낭비浪費 Korean gloss: 시간이나 재물 따위를 헛되이 헤프게 씀
• 역랑逆浪 Korean gloss: 세상이 어지러움을 비유적으로 이르는 말
• 표랑漂浪 Korean gloss: 뚜렷한 목적이나 정한 곳이 없이 이리저리 떠돌아다님
• 부랑浮浪 Korean gloss: 일정하게 사는 곳과 하는 일 없이 이리저리 떠돌아다님
• 낭인浪人 Korean gloss: 일정한 직업이 없이 이리저리 떠돌아다니며 빈둥빈둥 노는 사람
• 낭만浪漫 Korean gloss: 현실에 매이지 않고 감상적이고 이상적으로 사물을 대하는 태도나 심리. 또는 그런 분위기

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

Japanese words with 浪

• 浪人ろうにん ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
• 放浪ほうろう wandering; roaming; drifting
• 浪費ろうひ waste; extravagance
• 浪曲ろうきょく rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen
• 浪花節なにわぶし naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
• 波浪はろう waves; billows; surge
• 流浪るろう vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
• 浮浪者ふろうしゃ vagrant; vagabond; tramp
• 浪ろう person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
• 浪漫ロマン romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream
• 浮浪ふろう vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
• 風浪ふうろう wind and waves; rough seas; wind wave

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.

Other hanja read “랑”

Other hanja with radical 水