龍

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Usage notes 3.4 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

⺼ + 飛

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

[edit] Han character

龍 (radical 212 龍+0, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜月卜尸心 (YBYSP), four-corner 0121₁)

1. dragon
2. symbolic of emperor

[edit] Descendants

• Index:Chinese radical/龍
• 瓏, 蘢, 嚨, 籠, 㰍, 櫳, 曨, 朧, 寵, 襱, 礱, 瀧, 豅, 聾, 蠪, 壟, 隴

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1536, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48818
• Dae Jaweon: page 2076, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4803, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9F8D

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

龍 (jyutping lung4, Yale lung4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

龍 (hiragana たつ, romaji tatsu)

1. dragon
   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 8 page 1)

   龍 文字集畧云、龍、力鍾反、太都、○下總本有和名二字、神代紀齋明紀同訓、按太都 [...]

[edit] Noun

龍 (hiragana りゅう, romaji ryū)

1. dragon

[edit] Kanji

龍

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Usage notes

Kyūjitai (simplified into 竜 in Kanji)

[edit] References

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu [931-938] (1968). Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese). Kyōto: Rinsen. ISBN 4-653-00507-9.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

龍 (hangeul 룡>용, 롱>농, 방, revised ryong>yong, rong>nong, bang, McCune-Reischauer ryong>yong, rong>nong, pang, Yale lyong>yong, long>nong, pang)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

龍 (simplified 龙, pinyin lóng (long2), Wade-Giles lung²)

[edit] Compounds

• 龍蝦
• 恐龍 (kǒng lóng)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

龍 (long)