隆

Translingual

Etymology

降 + 生, with 𡕒 later dropped.

Han character

隆 (radical 170 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹水一 (NLHEM), four-corner 7721₄, composition ⿰阝⿳夂一生)

1. prosperous, plentiful, abundant

References

• KangXi: page 1356, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41720
• Dae Jaweon: page 1860, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4148, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9686

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		隆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
    • Tâi-lô: liông
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (隆, reconstructed)
Character (隆), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 東 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 力中切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɨuŋ/	/li̯uŋ/	/liuŋ/	/liuŋ/	/luwŋ/	/lĭuŋ/	/liuŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (隆, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
隆								lóng								‹ ljuwng ›								/*[r]uŋ/								sound of thunder
隆								lóng								‹ ljuwng ›								/*[r]uŋ (< * -[u]m)/								high; ample; eminent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
隆					6286					夅					終					0					隆					/*ɡ·ruːŋ/

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Japanese

Kanji

隆

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: る (ru)
• Kan’on: りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: なかだか (nakadaka), たかい (takai)

Proper noun

隆 (hiragana たかし, romaji Takashi)

1. A male given name

隆 (hiragana ゆたか, romaji Yutaka)

1. A male given name

隆 (hiragana りゅう, romaji Ryū)

1. A male or female given name

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Korean

Hanja

隆 (ryung, yung) (hangeul 륭, 융, revised ryung, yung, McCune-Reischauer ryung, yung, Yale lyung, yung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

隆 (long, lung, quang)

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