廊

廊	U+5ECA, 廊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ECA

廊	U+F928, 廊 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F928

← 蠟
[U+F927]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

朗 →
[U+F929]

廊	U+2F88E, 廊 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F88E

← 庶
[U+2F88D]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

𪎒 →
[U+2F88F]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

廊 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈戈中 (IIIL), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿸广郎(GHTJ) or ⿸广郞(KV))

Derived characters[edit]

𭏱

References[edit]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 349, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9437
Dae Jaweon: page 660, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 890, character 3
Unihan data for U+5ECA

Unihan data for U+F928

Unihan data for U+2F88E

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		廊

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 廊
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːŋ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 郎 (OC *raːŋ).

良 may be the original form of this character, see there for more.

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láng (lang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): long⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): long³
Eastern Min (BUC): lòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lông

(Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁴
  - Yale: lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: long³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔŋ²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ouŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
  - Tâi-lô: lông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: lang

Rime
Character	廊
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): /*[r]ˤaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	láng
Middle Chinese	‹ lang ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁaŋ/
English	side-gallery
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	廊
Reading #	1/1
No.	8030
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/
Notes	良轉註字

Definitions[edit]

廊

covered corridor
porch; veranda

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lóng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng
  - Tâi-lô: lóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lorng
  - IPA (Singapore): /lɔŋ⁴²/

Definitions[edit]

廊

(Singapore Hokkien) workshop; atelier (place where goods are made or repaired)

Synonyms[edit]

作坊
工作坊 (gōngzuòfáng)
工場／工场 (gōngchǎng)
廊頭／廊头 (Singapore Hokkien)

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	廊
Kyūjitai ^[1]	廊 `廊` or 廊+`︀`^?
	廊󠄁 廊+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	廊󠄄 廊+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

廊

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

corridor, passage

Readings[edit]

Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kun: わたどの (watadono, 廊)

Compounds[edit]

画(が)廊(ろう) (garō, “gallery”)
歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō, “corridor; platform”)

Etymology[edit]

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

Alternative spelling
廊 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 廊 (MC lang, “side-gallery”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) ろー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ː]

Noun[edit]

廊(ろう) • (rō)

corridor

References[edit]

^ “廊”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎^[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

廊 (eumhun 복도 랑 (bokdo rang), South Korea 복도 낭 (bokdo nang))

Hanja form^? of 랑/낭 (“corridor, porch, veranda”).