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龍

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龙

🇨🇳

竜

🇯🇵

dragon

HSK 10 N1

Nature →Animals →Mythical

lóng

リュウ、リョウ、ロウ

たつ、いせ

룡, 롱

Pictograph of a dragon curled up.

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Seal

Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

龍

Regular

Modern

Chinese

龙 / 龍 [Lóng]

surname Long

龙 / 龍 [lóng]

dragon; CL:條|条[tiáo]; imperial

Japanese

竜、龍りゅう、たつ、りょう同音

noun

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)
naga; (explanation) semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
shogi abbrev. promoted rook

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

私はずっと竜が見たかったのですが、竜は現実の生物ではないのです。

I have always wanted to see a dragon, but dragons are not real creatures.

Japanese Names

竜しげみ

Shigemi given name

竜たつ

Tatsu surname

竜たつざき

Tatsuzaki surname

竜とおる

Tooru given name

竜のぼる

Noboru given name

竜りゅう

Ryū female given namesurname

竜りゅうざき

Ryūzaki surname

竜りゅうじ

Ryūji unclassified name

竜りゆう

Riyū unclassified name

竜りょう

Ryō female given namesurname

龍しげみ

Shigemi female given name

龍たき

Taki surname

龍たつ

Tatsu surnamegiven name

龍たつじ

Tatsuji unclassified name

龍とおる

Tooru given name

龍よん

Yon surname

龍りゅう

Ryū female given namesurname

龍りゅうじ

Ryūji unclassified name

龍りゆう

Riyū unclassified name

龍りょう

Ryō female given namesurname

龍りょうみん

Ryōmin given name

龍りよう

Riyou unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

恐龙 [kǒnglóng] #6,186

龙头 [lóngtóu] #14,428

龙虾 [lóngxiā] #6,117

飞龙 [fēilóng] #6,494

wyvern (type of dragon)

沙龙 [shālóng] #9,291

salon (loanword)

龙卷风 [lóngjuǎnfēng] #6,787

龙年 [lóngnián] #4,816

Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)

黑龙江 [Hēilóngjiāng] #61,078

Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈尔滨

水龙头 [shuǐlóngtóu] #13,819

黑龙江省 [HēilóngjiāngShěng] #8,962

Heilongjiang Province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā'ěrbīn]

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JAPANESE WORDS (176)

⭐ 竜 [りゅう] #3,229

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)

⭐ 竜巻 [たつまき] #11,417

⭐ 恐竜 [きょうりゅう] #16,948

蜥蜴 [トカゲ] #22,035

⭐ 竜王 [りゅうおう] #22,333

黒龍 [こくりゅう] #26,641

ウーロン茶 [ウーロンちゃ] #26,996

地竜 [じりゅう] #33,021

herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms

火竜 [かりょう] #33,739

竜神 [りゅうじん] #34,025

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KOREAN WORDS (5)

underwater palace