郎

See also: 郞

Translingual

Han character

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		郎
alternative forms		郞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 郎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Burmese term for "husband" - လင်”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láng, làng (lang², lang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ, ㄌㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nn̂g / lông / lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng⁵ / lang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láng
    • Wade–Giles: lang²
    • Yale: láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làng
    • Wade–Giles: lang⁴
    • Yale: làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanq
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹/

Note: làng - only used in 屎殼郎.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: long⁴
    • Yale: lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: longˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: long²
    • Sinological IPA: /loŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nŋ̍¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
    • Tâi-lô: lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴/

Note:

• nn̂g - vernacular;
• lông/lâng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: neng⁵ / lang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ̂ng / lâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵⁵/, /laŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• neng5 - vernacular;
• lang5 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: lang

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
Baxter	lang
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long4

• 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.rˁaŋ/	/*rˁaŋ/
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

(deprecated template usage) 郎

1. husband
2. young person; son
3. a surname

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Japanese

Shinjitai	郎
Kyūjitai	郞

Kanji

郎

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 郞)

1. son

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: おとこ (otoko, 郎)^{←をとこ (wotoko, 郎, historical)}; お (o, 郎)^{←を (wo, 郎, historical)}
• Nanori: ひらつこ (hiratsuko)

Suffix

Kanji in this term
郎
ろう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
郞 (kyūjitai)

郎(ろう) • (-rō) 

1. suffixes certain male names

   太郎 ― Tarō

   一郎 ― Ichirō

   二郎 ― Jirō

   次郎 ― Jirō

   三郎 ― Saburō

   小三郎 ― Kosaburō

   四郎 ― Shirō

   小四郎 ― Koshirō

   五郎 ― Gorō

   小五郎 ― Kogorō

   六郎 ― Rokurō

   七郎 ― Shichirō

   八郎 ― Hachirō

   九郎 ― Kurō

   十郎 ― Jūrō

See also

• 郎(いらつ)子(こ) (iratsuko)
• 郎(いらつ)女(め) (iratsume)
• 郎(ろう)君(くん) (rōkun), 郎(いらつ)君(きみ) (iratsukimi)

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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

(deprecated template usage) 郎 (lang, lặng, lảng, loang, sang, loen, loẻn)

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