朧

See also: 胧

Translingual

Han character

朧 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月卜月心 (BYBP), four-corner 7121₁, composition ⿰月龍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 507, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12179
• Dae Jaweon: page 888, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2124, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6727

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Chinese

trad.		朧
simp.		胧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ, *roŋs) : semantic 月 (“moon”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Unlike other characters with a 月 (yuè)-like component on the left, this character's 月 (yuè) is not the cursive form of 肉; 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng) was originally used in reference to the moon.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
    • Tâi-lô: lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: luwng

Rime
Character	朧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
Baxter	luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/, /*roŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朧	朧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8414	8445
Phonetic component	龍	龍
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠	贚
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/	/*roŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 朧

1. Only used in 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng).

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Japanese

Kanji

朧

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hazy, cloudy

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: おぼろ (oboro, 朧)

Compounds

Compounds

• 朧朧(ろうろう), 朧々(ろうろう) (rōrō)
• 朧銀(ろうぎん) (rōgin)
• 朧月(ろうげつ) (rōgetsu)
• 朧夜(ろうや) (rōya)
• 朦朧(もうろう) (mōrō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
朧
おぼろ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Cognate with 凡 (opo → ō, “dim, faint”).

Adjectival noun

朧(おぼろ) • (oboro) -na (adnominal 朧(おぼろ)な (oboro na), adverbial 朧(おぼろ)に (oboro ni))

1. hazy, cloudy
2. uncertain, unreliable

Inflection

Inflection of 朧

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	朧だろ	おぼろだろ	oboro daro
Continuative (連用形)	朧で	おぼろで	oboro de
Terminal (終止形)	朧だ	おぼろだ	oboro da
Attributive (連体形)	朧な	おぼろな	oboro na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	朧なら	おぼろなら	oboro nara
Imperative (命令形)	朧であれ	おぼろであれ	oboro de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	朧ではない 朧じゃない	おぼろではない おぼろじゃない	oboro de wa nai oboro ja nai
Informal past	朧だった	おぼろだった	oboro datta
Informal negative past	朧ではなかった 朧じゃなかった	おぼろではなかった おぼろじゃなかった	oboro de wa nakatta oboro ja nakatta
Formal	朧です	おぼろです	oboro desu
Formal negative	朧ではありません 朧じゃありません	おぼろではありません おぼろじゃありません	oboro de wa arimasen oboro ja arimasen
Formal past	朧でした	おぼろでした	oboro deshita
Formal negative past	朧ではありませんでした 朧じゃありませんでした	おぼろではありませんでした おぼろじゃありませんでした	oboro de wa arimasen deshita oboro ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	朧で	おぼろで	oboro de
Conditional	朧なら（ば）	おぼろなら（ば）	oboro nara (ba)
Provisional	朧だったら	おぼろだったら	oboro dattara
Volitional	朧だろう	おぼろだろう	oboro darō
Adverbial	朧に	おぼろに	oboro ni
Degree	朧さ	おぼろさ	oborosa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 朧(おぼろ)朧(おぼろ), 朧(おぼろ)々(おぼろ) (oboro-oboro)
• 朧(おぼろ)影(かげ) (oborokage)
• 朧絣(おぼろがすり) (oborogasuri)
• 朧(おぼろ)銀(ぎん) (oborogin)
• 朧(おぼろ)雲(ぐも) (oborogumo)
• 朧(おぼろ)九曜(くよう) (oboro-kuyō)
• 朧(おぼろ)げ, 朧(おぼろ)気(げ) (oboroge)
• 朧(おぼろ)昆布(こんぶ) (oboro-konbu)
• 朧(おぼろ)染(ぞめ), 朧(おぼろ)染(ぞ)め (oborozome)
• 朧(おぼろ)月(づき) (oborozuki)
• 朧(おぼろ)月(づき)夜(よ) (oborozukiyo), 朧(おぼろ)月(づく)夜(よ) (oborozukuyo)
• 朧(おぼろ)蔦(づた) (oborozuta)
• 朧(おぼろ)豆腐(どうふ) (oboro-dōfu)
• 朧(おぼろ)の清水(しみず) (Oboro no Shimizu)
• 朧(おぼろ)花色(はないろ) (oboro-hanairo)
• 朧(おぼろ)富士(ふじ) (oborofuji)
• 朧(おぼろ)船(ぶね) (oborobune)
• 朧(おぼろ)饅頭(まんじゅう) (oboro-manjū)
• 朧(おぼろ)木綿(もめん) (oboro-momen)
• 朧(おぼろ)闇(やみ) (oboroyami)
• 朧(おぼろ)夜(よ) (oboroyo)
• 朧(おぼろ)輪(わ) (oborowa)
• 月(つき)も朧(おぼろ)に白魚(しらうお)の篝(かがり)もかすむ春(はる)の空(そら) (tsuki mo oboro ni shirauo no kagari mo kasumu haru no sora)

Noun

朧(おぼろ) • (oboro) 

1. minced meat or seafood
2. Short for 朧昆布 (oboro-konbu): shredded kelp
3. Short for 朧豆腐 (oboro-dōfu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
4. Short for 朧饅頭 (oboro-manjū): steamed bun with the outer covering removed after steaming

Proper noun

朧(おぼろ) • (Oboro) 

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

朧 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 朧 (lung, lông)

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