郎

See also: 郞

Translingual

Han character

郎 (radical 163 邑+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈弓中 (IINL), four-corner 3772₇)

Derived characters

• 啷 嫏 鄉 瑯 榔 螂 鎯 (𨱍) 蓈 廊

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1271, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39405
• Dae Jaweon: page 1770, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3770, character 8
• Unihan data for U+90CE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		郎

Alternative forms

• 郞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láng (lang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòng
• Min Nan (POJ): nn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: láng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: long⁴
    • Yale: lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: longˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: long²
    • IPA: /loŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngg
    • IPA (Taipei): /nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nŋ̍¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɑŋ/▼

Rime
Character	郎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯當切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*C.rˤaŋ/, /*rˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	郎	郎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	láng	láng
Middle Chinese	‹ lang ›	‹ lang ›
Old Chinese	/*C.rˤaŋ/	/*rˤaŋ/
English	young gentleman	double roof
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郎
Reading #	1/1
No.	8011
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/

Definitions

郎

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Japanese

Kanji

郎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. son

Readings

• Goon: ろう (rō), (historical) らう (rau)
• Kan’on: ろう (rō), (historical) らう (rau)
• Kun: おとこ (otoko) ( (historical) をとこ (wotoko) ), お (o) ( (historical) を (wo) )
• Nanori: ひらつこ (hiratsuko)

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Korean

Hanja

郎 • ‎(rang, nang) (hangeul 랑, 낭, revised rang, nang, McCune-Reischauer rang, nang, Yale lang, nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

郎 (lang, lảng, loang, sang, loen, loẻn)

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