龍
龍 — ryong, rong, bang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 용 룡, 언덕 롱, 잿빛 방
- Romanization
- ryong, rong, bang
- English
- dragon; Kangxi radical 212
- Mandarin
- lóng
- Japanese on'yomi
- リュウ, リョウ, ロウ, ボウ, モウ, リュ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- たつ
- Japanese usage
- Jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese standard form
- 竜 (Secondary (Jōyō))
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,734 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 16
- Variant forms
- 龒
- Radical
- 龍 (212, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+9F8D
Korean example words with 龍
- 쌍룡雙龍 Korean gloss: 한 쌍의 용
- 용루龍淚 Korean gloss: 임금의 눈물
- 비룡飛龍 Korean gloss: 하늘을 나는 용
- 흑룡黑龍 Korean gloss: 검은 빛깔의 용
- 화룡火龍 Korean gloss: 불을 등에 진 용
- 용마龍馬 Korean gloss: 매우 잘 달리는 훌륭한 말
- 용봉龍鳳 Korean gloss: 용과 봉황을 아울러 이르는 말
- 용안龍顔 Korean gloss: 임금의 얼굴을 높여 이르는 말
- 용두龍頭 Korean gloss: 손목시계 따위에서 태엽을 감는 꼭지
- 용잠龍簪 Korean gloss: 용의 머리 형상을 새기어 만든 비녀
- 용저龍邸 Korean gloss: 임금이 왕위에 오르기 전에 머물러 살던 집
- 간룡幹龍 Korean gloss: 풍수지리에서, 종산(宗山)에서 내려온 산줄기
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 龍
- 臥龍がりゅう unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses; reclining dragon
- 亢龍こうりょう dragon that has ascended to the heavens; person who has acquired immense wealth and power
- 牙龍がりゅう dragon's fang
- 青龍せいりょう blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 爬龍はありい Okinawan dragon boat race
- 白龍はくりょう white dragon
- 伏龍ふくりゅう suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
- 黒龍こくりゅう black dragon
- 烏龍ウーロン oolong (tea)
- 蟠龍はんりょう coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky
- 龍魚りゅうぎょ dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon)
- 金龍きんりゅう golden dragon
Characters sharing the phonetic 龍
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “롱” in Korean.
Other hanja read “룡”
Other hanja with radical 龍
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