龍

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Character 龍
Unicode name CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F8D
Code point U+9F8D
Entity number 龍
Unicode block CJK Unified Ideographs
← 龌 [U+9F8C] [U+9F8E] 龎 →

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
龍-order.gif
Traditional 龍
Shinjitai 竜
Simplified 龙

Etymology[edit]

Historical forms of the character 龍
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
龍-oracle.svg 龍-bronze.svg 龍-bigseal.svg 龍-seal.svg

Originally a serpent with prominent whiskered mouth and eyes, alternatively interpreted (in oracle script) as a crown (王).

Current form developed in large seal script, with serpent’s body on right (tail at upper right, legs on right), whiskered/fanged mouth at lower left, and eyes/crown at upper left. Left side was subsequently simplified and abstracted, with some influence of 立 and ⺼/月. Note that 竜 existed as a traditional variant dating back to large seal script, and figures a dragon seen face-on, rather than curled around.

Han character[edit]

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Radical 212 龍

龍 (radical 212 龍+0, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜月卜尸心 (YBYSP), four-corner 01211)

Derived characters[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1536, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48818
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2076, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4803, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9F8D

Chinese[edit]

trad. 龍
simp. 龙

Pronunciation[edit]

Dialectal pronunciations (龍)
Variety Location 龍
Mandarin Beijing /luŋ³⁵/
Harbin /luŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /luŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /luŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /ləŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /luŋ⁴²/
/lyuŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /luŋ²⁴/
Xining /luə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /luŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /lũn⁵³/
Ürümqi /luŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /noŋ²¹³/
Chengdu /noŋ³¹/
Guiyang /noŋ²¹/
Kunming /loŋ³¹/
Nanjing /loŋ²⁴/
Hefei /ləŋ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /luəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /luŋ¹³/
Hohhot /lũŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /loŋ¹³/
Suzhou /loŋ¹³/
Hangzhou /loŋ²¹³/
Wenzhou /liɛ³¹/
Hui Shexian /lʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /lin⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /loŋ¹³/
Xiangtan /nən¹²/
Gan Nanchang /luŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /liuŋ¹¹/
Taoyuan /lioŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /loŋ²¹/
Nanning /luŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /luŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liɔŋ³⁵/
/liŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /lyŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /lœyŋ³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /loŋ⁵⁵/
/leŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /loŋ³¹/
/liaŋ³¹/
Middle Chinese pronunciation (龍, reconstructed)
Character (龍), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 來 (37)
Final: 鍾 (7)
Tone: Level (Ø)

Openness: Open
Division: III
Fanqie: 力鍾切

 Expected Mandarin reflex: lóng
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Pan
Wuyun		 Shao
Rongfen		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Li
Rong		 Wang
Li		 Bernard
Karlgren
/lɨoŋ/ /lioŋ/ /lioŋ/ /luawŋ/ /lioŋ/ /lĭwoŋ/ /li̯woŋ/

Definitions[edit]

龍

  1. Chinese dragon
  2. Western dragon
  3. symbolic of the emperor

Compounds[edit]

Terms derived from 龍

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

龍 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 竜, hiragana たつ, romaji tatsu)

  1. dragon
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 8, page 1:
      龍 文字集畧云、龍、力鍾反、太都、○下總本有和名二字、神代紀齋明紀同訓、按太都 [...]

龍 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 竜, hiragana りゅう, romaji ryū)

  1. dragon

Proper noun[edit]

龍 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 竜, hiragana りゅう, romaji Ryū)

  1. A male given name
  2. A surname​.

Kanji[edit]

See also:
龍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. dragon

Readings[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

Kyūjitai; simplified into 竜 as isolated shinjitai kanji, but used in Jōyō characters 襲 and 籠 (latter Jōyō as of 2010).

References[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

龍 • ‎(ryong, yong, rong, nong, mang, chong) (hangeul 룡, 용, 롱, 농, 망, 총, McCune-Reischauer ryong, yong, rong, nong, mang, ch'ong, Yale lyong, yong, long, nong, mang, chong)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

龍 (long, lỏng, lung, lúng, luồng)

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