Hanja Analyzer
郎

郎 — rang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
남편 랑
Romanization
rang
English
gentleman, young man; husband
Mandarin
láng
Japanese on'yomi
ロウ
Japanese kun'yomi
おとこ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#569 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
郞
Radical
邑 (163, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+90CE

Parts that make up 郎

  • 良 어질 량 복도와 방을 그린 것으로 본다좋은 것. ‘량·랑’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻏ 고을 읍variant of 邑 사람이 모여 사는 터고을과 지명. 오른쪽에서 ⻏ 로 쓴다

How 郎 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 郎 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 良, 邑.

Japanese words with 郎

  • 新郎しんろう bridegroom
  • 野郎やろう guy; fellow; chap
  • 女郎じょろう prostitute (esp. Edo period)
  • 郎ろう nth son; lang; official title in ancient China
  • 下郎げろう servant; valet; menial
  • 外郎ういろう sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine used as an antitussive and a breath freshener
  • 郎党ろうどう vassals; retainers; followers
  • 郎君ろうくん young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.)
  • 郎女いらつめ lass
  • 郎子いらつこ lad
  • 我郎わろ boy; (male) servant; bastard
  • 三郎さぶろう third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

Other hanja read “랑”

廊 朗 榔 浪 狼 琅 瑯 硠 稂 莨 蜋 螂 郞 閬

Other hanja with radical 邑

邑 邕 邗 邙 邛 邠 邡 邢 那 邦 邨 邪 邯 邰 邱 邳 邴 邵 邶 邸 邽 邾 郁 郃 郄 郅 郇 郊 郜 郝 郞 郟 郡 郢 郤 部 郪 郫 郭 郯 郴 郵 郷 都 郿 鄂 鄉 鄒 鄔 鄕 鄘 鄙 鄞 鄢 鄣 鄧 鄭 鄰 鄱 鄲

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