龍
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Translingual [edit]
| Stroke order | |||
| 竜 | |
| 龙 | |
| 龍 |
Etymology [edit]
Originally a serpent with prominent whiskered mouth and eyes, alternatively interpreted (in oracle script) as a crown (王).
Current form developed in large seal script, with serpent’s body on right (tail at upper right, legs on right), whiskered/fanged mouth at lower left, and eyes/crown at upper left. Left side was subsequently simplified and abstracted, with some influence of 立 and ⺼/月. Note that 竜 existed as a traditional variant dating back to large seal script, and figures a dragon seen face-on, rather than curled around.
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
Han character [edit]
龍 (radical 212 龍+0, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜月卜尸心 (YBYSP), four-corner 01211)
Derived characters [edit]
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- 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
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
龍 (simplified 龙, jyutping lung4, Yale lung4)
Hakka [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
龍 (POJ lîung, Guangdong liung2; liung2, lung2 [Bao'an], lung2 [Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim liung2, lung2)
References [edit]
- CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
- Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
- Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
Japanese [edit]
Noun [edit]
- dragon
- 931-938: 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 [...]
- 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 8 page 1)
Proper noun [edit]
- A male given name
- A surname.
Kanji [edit]
Readings [edit]
Usage notes [edit]
Kyūjitai; simplified into 竜 as isolated shinjitai kanji, but used in Jōyō characters 襲 and 籠 (latter Jōyō as of 2010).
References [edit]
- 1968 May 24 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
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)
Mandarin [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
龍 (simplified 龙, pinyin lóng (long2), Wade-Giles lung2),
Compounds [edit]
Middle Chinese [edit]
Han character [edit]
龍 (*liong)
Vietnamese [edit]
Han character [edit]
龍 (long)
- Han character radicals
- Han characters
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese male given names
- Japanese surnames
- Uncommon kanji
- Japanese kanji
- ja:Mythological creatures
- Japanese terms written with one Han script character
- Japanese terms spelled with 龍
- Korean hanja
- Vietnamese Han tu
- CJKV characters simplified differently in Japan and China
- CJKV radicals