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Pronunciation

Mandarin	lóng
Cantonese (Jyutping)	lung4
反切 Fanqie	力鍾切
Japanese Kun	tatsu
Japanese On	ryuu, rou
Korean (Hangul)	룡, 용
Korean (Yale)	lyong, long, pang
Vietnamese	long

Meaning

Definition

dragon; symbolic of emperor; Kangxi radical 212

Character Rank

Traditional	197
Simplified	7373
Hong Kong Grade Level	3

Common Words With This Character  

烏龍茶	wūlóng chá	oolong tea
龍頭	lóngtóu	faucet; water tap; bicycle handle bar; chief (esp. of gang); boss; decision maker; (market) leader (of companies); front end of mud-flow; figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船
龍年	lóngnián	Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
黑龍江	hēi lóngjiāng	Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈爾濱; Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia; Amur river
沙龍	shālóng	salon (loanword)
黑龍江省	hēilóngjiāng shěng	Heilongjiang Province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈爾濱

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	龍 (#212:dragon)
Shuowen Radical
Simplified Script	龙
Semantic	龒
Specialized Semantic	竜
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+9F8D
Big 5	C073

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	ybysp
Four Corner	0121.1
WuBi 86	uegd
WuBi 98	uegd