竜

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See also 龍, and 龙

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Han character

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

  1. dragon
  2. symbolic of emperor

[edit] See also

[edit] 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

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

竜 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Usage notes

Shinjitai

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Noun

竜 (hiragana たつ, romaji tatsu)

  1. a dragon

[edit] Noun

竜 (hiragana りゅう, romaji ryū)

  1. a dragon

[edit] Noun

竜 (hiragana りょう, romaji ryō)

  1. a dragon

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

竜
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 룡>용, 농 (revised: ryong>yong, nong, McCune-Reischauer: ryong>yong, nong, Yale: lyong>yong, nong)
  • Name (hangeul): 룡>용()

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

竜 (pinyin lóng (long2), Wade-Giles lung2)

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

竜 (long)

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