竜

See also: 龍 and 龙

竜 U+7ADC, 竜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7ADC ← 竛 [U+7ADB] CJK Unified Ideographs 竝 → [U+7ADD]

⻯ U+2EEF, ⻯ CJK RADICAL J-SIMPLIFIED DRAGON ← ⻮ [U+2EEE] CJK Radicals Supplement ⻰ → [U+2EF0]

Translingual

Traditional	龍
Shinjitai	竜
Simplified	龙

Han character

竜 (Kangxi radical 212, 竜+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU), four-corner 0071₆, composition ⿱立⿻日乚)

Derived characters

• 槞, 滝, 𫣏, 𠺠, 𡏡, 𢲣, 𥉫, 𧏵, 𧯇, 𨃸, 𨻫, 𪱨, 𫅮, 𬏑, 𬔔, 𪱯
• 𣯡, 𤄯, 𥉩, 𥪝, 𥪞, 𪥛, 𪷹, 𪽞, 𪿁, 𫏽, 𬂙, 𬺗, 𬺘, 𬺙, 𬺚, 篭, 𡙶, 𩄱, 𫳭, 𮄿

Related characters

• 龍 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 870, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25751
• Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2708, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7ADC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Recorded as an ancient form of 龍 in the Kangxi dictionary in 1716 AD. Earlier dictionaries such as Longkan Shoujian 《龍龕手鑑》 in 997 AD and Jiyun 《集韻》 in 1037 AD recorded the glyph as 𥪖.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 竜 – see 龍 (“Chinese dragon; Western dragon; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 龍).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04806-005

Japanese

Shinjitai	竜
Kyūjitai	龍

Glyph origin

From an ancient form of 龍 recorded in the Kangxi dictionary that became an official shinjitai character in 1946 listed in tōyō kanji.

Kanji

竜

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龍)

Readings

• Go-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りゆう (ryuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りよう (ryou, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu, 竜, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かみ (kami)、きみ (kimi)、しげみ (shigemi)、とお (tō)^{←とほ (tofo, historical)}、とおる (tōru)^{←とほる (toforu, historical)}、めぐむ (megumu)

Compounds

• 竜(リン)胆(ドウ) (rindō)
• 石(ト)竜(カ)子(ゲ) (tokage)
• 土竜(もぐら) (mogura), 土竜(もぐらもち) (moguramochi), 土竜(むぐら) (mugura), 土竜(むぐらもち) (muguramochi), 土竜(うぐらもち) (uguramochi), 土竜(うぐろもち) (uguromochi), 土竜(うごろもち) (ugoromochi)
• 烏(ウー)竜(ロン)茶(ちゃ) (ūroncha)
• 飛(ペー)竜(ロン) (pēron)

Usage notes

• The kyūjitai form of this kanji, 龍, is often used instead for certain words for its aesthetics, such as in literary contexts or for spelling words borrowed from Chinese. For example, 烏(ウー)龍(ロン)茶(ちゃ) (ūroncha, “oolong tea”) is rarely spelled 烏(ウー)竜(ロン)茶(ちゃ) (ūroncha).

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
竜
りゅう Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
龍 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りゅう [ryúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨː]

• Audio:

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• Some dictionaries classify this reading as 慣(かん)用(よう)音(おん) (kan'yōon, literally “commonly-accepted sound”) instead of 呉(ご)音(おん) (goon).

Noun

竜(りゅう) • (ryū) ^{←りゆう (ryuu)?}

1. (mythology) a Chinese dragon
2. (mythology) synonym of ドラゴン (doragon): a Western dragon
   • 1999 July 22, “砦(とりで)を守(まも)る翼(よく)竜(りゅう) [Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

     山(やま)の砦(とりで)を守(まも)る竜(りゅう)。天(てん)空(くう)から急(きゅう)降(こう)下(か)して敵(てき)を攻(こう)撃(げき)。

     Yama no toride o mamoru ryū. Tenkū kara kyūkōka shite teki o kōgeki.

     A dragon who guards a mountainous fortress. It strikes its enemies as it dives down from the sky.

   • 2004 May 1, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)26(にじゅうろく)話(わ)　賢(けん)者(じゃ)の試(し)問(もん) [Chapter 26: A Test with the Sage]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 70:

     竜(りゅう)も人(ひと)も一(いっ)緒(しょ)に生(い)きればいい　そのくらいの広(ひろ)さは　世(せ)界(かい)にはあるだろ？オレはそんな世(せ)界(かい)を見(み)たいんだ

     Ryū mo hito mo issho ni ikireba ii Sono kurai no hirosa wa sekai ni wa aru daro? Ore wa sonna sekai o mitai n da

     Dragons and humans ought to be able to coexist. Isn’t the world large enough for both? I’d love to see such a world.

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 353:

     神(かみ)と呼(よ)ばれし竜(りゅう)ファ ― Kami to Yobareshi Ryū Fa ― Fa, the Dragon Known as God

3. (shogi, colloquial) short for 竜王 (ryūō): dragon king; a promoted 角(かく)行(ぎょう) (kakugyō, “bishop”) that has the moves of both that piece and 王(おう)将(しょう) (ōshō)/玉(ぎょく)将(しょう) (gyokushō)
4. a 家(か)紋(もん) (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design

Affix

竜(りゅう) • (ryū) ^{←りゆう (ryuu)?}

1. dragon
2. hero
3. imperial
4. dinosaur

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 竜(りゅう)顔(がん) (ryūgan)
• 竜(りゅう)宮(ぐう) (ryūgū)
• 竜(りゅう)車(しゃ) (ryūsha)
• 竜(りゅう)象(ぞう) (ryūzō)
• 竜(りゅう)頭(とう) (ryūtō), 竜(りゅう)頭(ず) (ryūzu)
• 竜(りゅう)攘(じょう)虎(こ)搏(はく) (ryūjōkohaku)
• 竜(りゅう)馬(ま) (ryūma), 竜(りゅう)馬(め) (ryūme)
• 剣(けん)竜(りゅう) (kenryū)
• 天(てん)竜(りゅう) (tenryū)
• 土(ど)竜(りゅう) (doryū)
• 独(どく)眼(がん)竜(りゅう) (dokuganryū)
• 翼(よく)竜(りゅう) (yokuryū)
• 雷(らい)竜(りゅう) (rairyū), 雷(かみなり)竜(りゅう) (kaminariryū)
• 竜(りょう)虎(こ) (ryōko)
• 竜(りゅう)座(ざ) (Ryūza)
• 恐(きょう)竜(りゅう) (kyōryū)
• 魚(ぎょ)竜(りゅう) (gyoryū)
• 蛟(こう)竜(りゅう) (kōryū)
• 飛(ひ)竜(りゅう) (hiryū)
• 九(きゅう)竜(りゅう) (Kyūryū)
• 竜(りゅう)胆(たん) (ryūtan)
• 竜(りゅう)王(おう) (ryūō)

Proper noun

竜(りゅう) • (Ryū) ^{←りゆう (Ryuu)?}

1. (astronomy) short for りゅう座 (Ryūza): the constellation Draco
2. a male given name
3. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
竜
りょう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
龍 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りょー [ryóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

竜(りょう) • (ryō) ^{←りよう (ryou)?}

1. (mythology, rare or in Chinese contexts) a Chinese dragon

Affix

竜(りょう) • (ryō) ^{←りよう (ryou)?}

1. dragon
2. hero
3. imperial

Derived terms

• 竜(りょう)駕(が) (ryōga)
• 竜(りょう)顔(がん) (ryōgan)
• 竜(りょう)姿(し) (ryōshi)
• 竜(りょう)攘(じょう)虎(こ)搏(はく) (ryōjōkohaku)
• 竜(りょう)頭(とう) (ryōtō)
• 竜(りょう)馬(ば) (ryōba)
• 竜(りょう)馬(め) (ryōme)
• 竜(りょう)馬(ま) (Ryōma)
• 臥(が)竜(りょう) (garyō)
• 画(が)竜(りょう) (garyō)
• 亢竜(こうりょう) (kōryō)
• 潜竜(せんりょう) (senryō)
• 屠(と)竜(りょう) (toryō)
• 白竜(はくりょう) (hakuryō)
• 飛(ひ)竜(りょう) (hiryō)
• 天(てん)竜(りょう) (tenryō)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
竜
たつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
龍 (kyūjitai)

⟨tatu⟩ → /tat͡su/

From Old Japanese.

Possibly from the verb 立(た)つ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たつ [tàtsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

竜(たつ) • (tatsu) 

1. (mythology) a Japanese dragon
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 19:

     龍　文字集略云：「龍（力鍾反。和名：太都）四足五采甚有神靈者也。」白虎通云：「鱗虫三百六十六而龍爲之長也。」

     Dragon The Abbreviated Character Collection says: [Dragon (Fanqie ryū. Japanese name: tatsu) having in excess of four limbs and five hues, it is a divine being] The Bai Hu Excerpts say: [With 366 scaled creatures, a dragon's advantage is length]

Derived terms

• 辰(たつ) (tatsu)
• 竜(たつ)頭(がしら) (tatsugashira)
• 竜(たつ)田(た) (Tatsuta)
• 竜(たつ)の落(お)とし子(ご) (tatsu no otoshigo)
• 竜(たつ)巻(まき) (tatsumaki)
• 高(タカ)倉(クラ)竜(タツ) (takakuratatsu)

References

• “竜”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Vietnamese

Thăng Long 昇竜

Han character

竜: Hán Việt readings: long
竜: Nôm readings: long, luông, lung, nong, luôn, luống

1. alternative form of 龍 (long)
2. chữ Nôm form of luông (“Used in various compound words”)

Compounds

• 竜從 (luông tuồng, “dissolute; unrestrained”)
• 竜勞 (luông lao, “foolish; stupid”)