朗

朗 U+F929, 朗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F929 ← 廊 [U+F928] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 浪 → [U+F92A]

朗 U+FA92, 朗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA92 ← 晴 [U+FA91] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 望 → [U+FA93]

朗 U+2F8D8, 朗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D8 ← 䏙 [U+2F8D7] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 望 → [U+2F8D9]

Translingual

Han character

朗 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈月 (IIB), four-corner 3772₀)

Derived characters

• 𠻴, 㙟, 𢠯, 𪮡, 𣼽, 樃, 𤎜, 𤨡, 𦄺, 𫆍, 𬡨, 𠓇, 𨅉, 𡂯, 𫻠, 𬂆, 蓢, 𢀬, 𬕨, 𩅜, 𩡜, 塱, 㮾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14362
• Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2072, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6717

• Unihan data for U+F929

• Unihan data for U+FA92

• Unihan data for U+2F8D8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		朗
alternative forms		朖 㫰 誏／𬣼 朤 𣊧 朖 㫰 誏／𬣼 朤 𣊧 𣍷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
剆	*raːl, *raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋	*raːŋ, *raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴	*raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːŋʔ) : phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ) + semantic 月 (“moon”)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 朗

1. clear; bright
2. distinct

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Japanese

Kanji

朗

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. (visually) bright, clear
2. (auditorily) sonorant, clear
3. (psychologically) merry, cheerful
4. Used in personal names.

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: ほがら (hogara, 朗ら); ほがらか (hogaraka, 朗らか, Jōyō); あきらか (akiraka, 朗らか)
• Nanori: あきら (akira); お (o); さえ (sae); ろ (ro)

Compounds

• 晴(せい)朗(ろう) (seirō)

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Korean

Hanja

朗 (eum 랑 (rang), word-initial (South Korea) 낭 (nang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

朗: Hán Việt readings: lãng (里(lí)黨(đảng)切(thiết))
朗: Nôm readings: lẳng, lặng, rạng, lảng, lững, lãng, lửng, láng, lắng, sang, sáng, lựng, lẵng, trắng, rang, lăng, lứng

1. Nôm form of lặng (“calm; silent; quiet”).