りゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of りゅう – see the following entries.

【流】3	[noun] the flow of water or something like water [noun] art forms, methods, styles, and techniques peculiar to a person or house [affix] current, flow, stream, waterflow [affix] flowing, washing [affix] spread

【竜】S

[noun] (mythology) a Chinese dragon

[noun] (mythology) Synonym of ドラゴン (doragon): a Western dragon

[noun] (shogi, colloquial) Short for 竜王 (ryūō): dragon king; a promoted 角行 (kakugyō, “bishop”) that has the moves of both kakugyō and 王将 (ōshō)/玉将 (gyokushō)

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design

[affix] dragon

[affix] hero

[affix] imperial

[affix] dinosaur

[proper noun] (astronomy) Short for りゅう座 (Ryūza): the constellation Draco

[proper noun] a male given name

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spelling
龍

【龍】J

[noun] Kyūjitai form of 竜: a Chinese dragon

[noun] Kyūjitai form of 竜: Synonym of ドラゴン (doragon): a Western dragon

[noun] Kyūjitai form of 竜: (shogi, colloquial) Short for 龍王 (ryūō): dragon king; promoted rook

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design

[affix] Kyūjitai form of 竜: dragon

[affix] Kyūjitai form of 竜: hero

[affix] Kyūjitai form of 竜: imperial

[affix] Kyūjitai form of 竜: dinosaur

[proper noun] (astronomy) Short for りゅう座 (Ryūza): the constellation Draco

[proper noun] a male given name

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spelling
竜

【隆】S	[proper noun] a unisex given name

(This term, りゅう (ryū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as りゅう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as りゅう.)