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, 竜, 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

(common “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); とおる (tōru); めぐむ (megumu)

Compounds

• 竜胆(リンドウ) (rindō)
• 石竜子(トカゲ) (tokage)
• 土竜(モグラ) (mogura)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
竜
りゅう Grade: S
goon

Alternative spellings
龍 (kyūjitai) 龍

From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the initial borrowing from Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りゅ​う [ryúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨᵝː]

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Noun

竜(りゅう) • (ryū) 

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)”, 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)”, 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”, 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 角行 (kakugyō, “bishop”) that has the moves of both kakugyō and 王将 (ōshō)/玉将 (gyokushō)
4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design

Derived terms

• 竜王(りゅうおう) (ryūō)
• 竜胆(りゅうたん) (ryūtan)

Affix

竜(りゅう) • (ryū) 

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(りょう)虎(こ) (ryōko)
• 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)

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 spellings
龍 (kyūjitai) 龍

From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.

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) 

1. dragon
2. hero
3. imperial

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 竜(りょう)駕(が) (ryōga)
• 竜顔(りょうがん) (ryōgan)
• 竜(りょう)姿(し) (ryōshi)
• 竜(りょう)攘(じょう)虎(こ)搏(はく) (ryōjōkohaku)
• 竜頭(りょうとう) (ryōtō)
• 竜(りょう)馬(ば) (ryōba)
• 竜(りょう)馬(め) (ryōme)
• 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)

Etymology 3

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

Alternative spellings
龍 (kyūjitai) 龍

From Old Japanese.

Possibly from the verb 立つ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

竜(たつ) • (tatsu) 

1. (mythology) a Japanese dragon

Derived terms

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)
• 竜巻(たつまき) (tatsumaki)

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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

Compounds

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