Hanja Analyzer
琅

琅 — rang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옥소리 랑
Romanization
rang
English
a variety of white carnelian; pure
Mandarin
láng
Japanese on'yomi
ロウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Variant forms
瑯
Radical
玉 (96, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
良
Unicode
U+7405

Parts that make up 琅

  • 王 구슬 옥variant of 玉 실에 꿴 옥 세 조각옥과 아름다운 돌. 왼쪽에서 王 처럼 쓴다
  • 良 어질 량sound 복도와 방을 그린 것으로 본다좋은 것. ‘량·랑’ 계열의 소리

How 琅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 琅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 玉, 良.

Korean example words with 琅

  • 낭함琅函 Korean gloss: 남의 편지를 높여 이르는 말.
  • 영랑玲琅 Korean gloss: 옥이나 쇠붙이가 젱그렁거리며 울리는 영롱한 소리.
  • 낭랑琅琅 Korean gloss: ‘낭랑하다’의 어근.
  • 낭연琅然 Korean gloss: ‘낭연하다’의 어근.
  • 낭랑히琅琅히 Korean gloss: 옥이 서로 부딪쳐 울리는 소리가 아주 맑게.

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

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 朗 浪 狼 稂 粮 莨 蜋 踉 郞 閬

Other hanja read “랑”

廊 朗 榔 浪 狼 瑯 硠 稂 莨 蜋 螂 郎 郞 閬

Other hanja with radical 玉

玉 王 玎 玔 玕 玖 玗 玘 玙 玞 玟 玠 玦 玧 玨 玩 玫 玭 玲 玳 玷 玹 玻 玿 珀 珂 珆 珈 珉 珊 珌 珍 珏 珒 珖 珗 珙 珝 珞 珠 珢 珣 珤 珥 珦 珩 珪 珫 班 珮 珵 珷 珸 珹 珽 現 琁 球 琄 理

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