竜

See also 龍, and 龙

Translingual

shinjitai	竜
simplified	龙
traditional	龍

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 龍.

Similar forms (as variant of 龍) date to large seal script.

Han character

竜 (radical 117 立+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU))

1. dragon
2. symbolic of emperor

See also

• 蛟

References

• KangXi: page 870, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25751
• Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2708, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7ADC

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Japanese

Kanji

竜 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: りゅう (ryū), りょう (ryō), ろう (rō)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

• 恐竜 (きょうりゅう, kyōryū)
• 魚竜 (ぎょりゅう)
• 竜巻 (たつまき)
• 蛟竜 (こうりゅう)
• 飛竜 (ひりゅう)
• 土竜 (もぐら, mogura)
• 竜宮 (りゅうぐう)
• 竜座 (りゅうざ)
• 竜虎 (りょうこ)
• 竜顔 (りゅうがん)

Noun

竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 龍, hiragana たつ, romaji tatsu)

1. a dragon

Noun

竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 龍, hiragana りゅう, romaji ryū)

1. a dragon

Noun

竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 龍, hiragana りょう, romaji ryō)

1. a dragon

Proper noun

竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 龍, hiragana りゅう, romaji Ryū)

1. A male given name