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Translingual
Han character
Category:Han character radicals#%20
竜Category:Translingual lemmas#竜0竜Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#竜0竜Category:Translingual symbols#竜0竜Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#竜0竜Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#竜0竜Category:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜 (Kangxi radical 212, 竜+0, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU), four-corner 00716, composition ⿱立⿻日乚)
Category:Han script characters#竜0竜Derived characters
Related characters
- 龍 (Orthodox traditional form)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 870, character 38
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25751
- Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2708, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7ADC
Chinese
Glyph origin
Recorded as an ancient form of 龍 in the Kangxi dictionary in 1716 AD. Earlier dictionaries such as Longkan Shoujian 《龍龕手鑑》 in 997 AD and Jiyun 《集韻》 in 1037 AD recorded the glyph as 𥪖.
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 竜Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#竜 – see 龍 (“Chinese dragon; loong; Western dragon; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 龍). |
References
Japanese
| 竜Category:Japanese terms with redundant script codes#竜 | |
| 龍Category:Japanese terms with redundant script codes#竜 |
Glyph origin
From an ancient form of 龍 recorded in the Kangxi dictionary that became an official shinjitai character in 1946 listed in tōyō kanji.
Kanji
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龍)
Category:Japanese kanji#竜00Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#竜00Category:Japanese jōyō kanji#竜00Readings
- Go-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜←りゆう (ryuu, historical)Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#竜
- Kan-on: りょう (ryō)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜←りよう (ryou, historical)Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#竜
- Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜
- Kun: たつ (tatsu, 竜, Jōyō)Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#竜
- Nanori: かみ (kami)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜、きみ (kimi)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜、しげみ (shigemi)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜、とお (tō)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜←とほ (tofo, historical)Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#竜、とおる (tōru)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜←とほる (toforu, historical)Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#竜、めぐむ (megumu)Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations#竜Category:Japanese kanji with goon reading りゅう#立05Category:Japanese kanji with historical goon reading りゆう#立05Category:Japanese kanji with kan'on reading りょう#立05Category:Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading りよう#立05Category:Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading ろう#立05Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading たつ#立05Category:Japanese kanji with nanori reading かみ#立05Category:Japanese kanji with nanori reading きみ#立05Category:Japanese kanji with nanori reading しげみ#立05Category:Japanese kanji with nanori reading とお#立05Category:Japanese kanji with historical nanori reading とほ#立05Category:Japanese kanji with nanori reading とおる#立05Category:Japanese kanji with historical nanori reading とほる#立05Category:Japanese kanji with nanori reading めぐむ#立05
Compounds
Usage notes
- The kyūjitai form of this kanji, 龍, is often used instead for certain words for its aesthetics, such as in literary contexts or for spelling words borrowed from Chinese. For example, 烏龍茶 (ūroncha, “oolong tea”) is rarely spelled 烏竜茶 (ūroncha).
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 竜 |
| りゅう Grade: S |
| goon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 龍 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle ChineseCategory:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう 龍 (MC ljowng).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) りゅう [ryúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ɾʲɨː]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#りゅう
Category:Japanese terms with audio pronunciation#りゅうAudio: (file)
Noun
竜 • (ryūCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜) ←りゆう (ryuu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜?Category:Japanese lemmas#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#りゅうCategory:Japanese nouns#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 竜#りゅうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りゅうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りゅうCategory:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜
- (mythologyCategory:ja:Mythology#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう) a Chinese dragon
- (mythologyCategory:ja:Mythology#りゅう) synonym of ドラゴン (doragon): a Western dragon
- 1999 July 22, “砦を守る翼竜 [Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
- 山の砦を守る竜。天空から急降下して敵を攻撃。
- Yama no toride o mamoru ryū. Tenkū kara kyūkōka shite teki o kōgeki.
- A dragon who guards a mountainous fortress. It strikes its enemies as it dives down from the sky.
- 山の砦を守る竜。天空から急降下して敵を攻撃。
- 2004 May 1, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第26話 賢者の試問 [Chapter 26: A Test with the Sage]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 70:
- 竜も人も一緒に生きればいい そのくらいの広さは 世界にはあるだろ？オレはそんな世界を見たいんだ
- Ryū mo hito mo issho ni ikireba ii Sono kurai no hirosa wa sekai ni wa aru daro? Ore wa sonna sekai o mitai n da
- Dragons and humans ought to be able to coexist. Isn’t the world large enough for both? I’d love to see such a world.
- 竜も人も一緒に生きればいい そのくらいの広さは 世界にはあるだろ？オレはそんな世界を見たいんだ
- 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最終話 それぞれの道へ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 353:
- 神と呼ばれし竜ファ ― Kami to Yobareshi Ryū Fa ― Fa, the Dragon Known as GodCategory:Japanese terms with usage examples#りゅう
- (shogiCategory:ja:Shogi#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう, colloquialCategory:Japanese colloquialisms#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう) short for 竜王 (ryūō)Category:Japanese short forms#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう: dragon king; a promoted 角行 (kakugyō, “bishop”) that has the moves of both that piece and 王将 (ōshō)/玉将 (gyokushō)
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design
Affix
竜 • (ryūCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜) ←りゆう (ryuu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜?Category:Japanese lemmas#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#りゅうCategory:Japanese affixes#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 竜#りゅうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りゅうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りゅうCategory:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜
Derived terms
- 竜顔 (ryūgan)
- 竜宮 (ryūgū)
- 竜車 (ryūsha)
- 竜象 (ryūzō)
- 竜頭 (ryūtō), 竜頭 (ryūzu)
- 竜攘虎搏 (ryūjōkohaku)
- 竜馬 (ryūma), 竜馬 (ryūme)
- 剣竜 (kenryū)
- 天竜 (tenryū)
- 土竜 (doryū)
- 独眼竜 (dokuganryū)
- 翼竜 (yokuryū)
- 雷竜 (rairyū), 雷竜 (kaminariryū)
- 竜虎 (ryōko)
- 竜座 (Ryūza)
- 恐竜 (kyōryū)
- 魚竜 (gyoryū)
- 蛟竜 (kōryū)
- 飛竜 (hiryū)
- 九竜 (Kyūryū)
- 竜胆 (ryūtan)
- 竜王 (ryūō)
Proper noun
竜 • (RyūCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜) ←りゆう (Ryuu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜?Category:Japanese lemmas#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#りゅうCategory:Japanese proper nouns#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 竜#りゅうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りゅうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りゅうCategory:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜
- (astronomyCategory:ja:Astronomy#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう) short for りゅう座 (Ryūza)Category:Japanese short forms#りゅう: the constellation Draco
- a male given nameCategory:Japanese given names#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆうCategory:Japanese male given names#りゆう
- a surnameCategory:Japanese surnames#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 竜 |
| りょう Grade: S |
| kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 龍 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle ChineseCategory:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#りゆうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう 龍 (MC ljowng).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) りょー [ryóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɾʲo̞ː]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#りゅう
Noun
竜 • (ryōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜) ←りよう (ryou)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜?Category:Japanese lemmas#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りょうCategory:Japanese nouns#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 竜#りょうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りょうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りょうCategory:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜
Affix
竜 • (ryōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜) ←りよう (ryou)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜?Category:Japanese lemmas#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りょうCategory:Japanese affixes#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#りょうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 竜#りょうCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#りょうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#りょうCategory:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜
Derived terms
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 竜 |
| たつ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 龍 (kyūjitai) |
⟨tatu⟩ → /tat͡su/Category:Pages using lite templates
From Old JapaneseCategory:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#たつCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#たつCategory:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#たつ.
- Possibly from the verb 立つ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).
- Alternatively, a loanword from 鼉 (OC *dˤar), via a Koreanic intermediary.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) たつ [tàtsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ta̠t͡sɨ]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#りゅう
Noun
竜 • (tatsuCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜) Category:Japanese lemmas#たつCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#たつCategory:Japanese nouns#たつCategory:Japanese terms with multiple readings#たつCategory:Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji#たつCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#たつCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 竜#たつCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#たつCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#たつCategory:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜
- (mythologyCategory:ja:Mythology#たつCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#たつ) a Japanese dragon
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 19:
- 龍 文字集略云：「龍（力鍾反。和名：太都）四足五采甚有神靈者也。」白虎通云：「鱗虫三百六十六而龍爲之長也。」Category:Requests for transliteration of Japanese quotations#りゅうCategory:Japanese terms with quotations#りゅう
- Dragon The Abbreviated Character Collection says: [Dragon (Fanqie ryū. Japanese name: tatsu) having in excess of four limbs and five hues, it is a divine being] The Bai Hu Excerpts say: [With 366 scaled creatures, a dragon's advantage is length]
Derived terms
References
- 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#竜Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#竜 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- “竜”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Okinawan
Category:Requests for attention concerning Okinawan#るうCategory:attention lacking explanation#竜
Kanji
Readings
Etymology
From Middle ChineseCategory:Okinawan terms derived from Middle Chinese#りゆうCategory:Okinawan terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#りゆう 龍 (MC ljowng).
Pronunciation
Noun
竜 (rū) Category:Okinawan lemmas#るうCategory:Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys#るうCategory:Okinawan nouns#るうCategory:Okinawan terms spelled with secondary school kanji#るうCategory:Okinawan terms with 1 kanji#るうCategory:Okinawan terms spelled with 竜#るうCategory:Okinawan single-kanji terms#るうCategory:Okinawan entries with incorrect language header#るうCategory:Pages with entries#竜Category:Pages with 5 entries#竜Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#竜
References
- “るー・どぅー【竜・龍】Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#竜” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Vietnamese
Han character
竜: Hán Việt readings: long[1][2][3][4]Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#龍00 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
竜: Nôm readings: long[1][2][4], luông[5][4][6], lung[1], nong[1], luôn[2], luống[2]Category:Vietnamese Nom#龍00 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
- alternative form of 龍 (long)
- chữ Nôm form of luông (“Used in various compound words”)Category:Vietnamese Nom
Compounds
- 竜從 (luông tuồng, “dissolute; unrestrained”)
- 竜勞 (luông lao, “foolish; stupid”)