浪

See also 浪

Translingual

Etymology

水 + 良 (pure, clear; sound "lang")

Han character

浪 (radical 85 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水戈日女 (EIAV), four-corner 3713₂)

1. wave
2. wasteful, reckless

References

• KangXi: page 624, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17482
• Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1634, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6D6A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

浪 (Yale long6)

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Japanese

Kanji

浪 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ろう (rō), らん (ran)
• Kun: なみ (nami)

Compounds

• 浪士
• 浪跡
• 浪人
• 浪費
• 浪漫
• 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami)

Noun

浪 (hiragana なみ, romaji nami) (Same as 波)

1. waves

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Korean

Hanja

浪 (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune-Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

浪 (pinyin láng (lang2), làng (lang4), Wade-Giles lang², lang⁴)

Compounds

• 浪潮
• 浪船
• 浪花, 浪花儿
• 浪迹
• 浪漫
• 浪木
• 浪涛
• 浪游
• 浪費

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Vietnamese

Han character

浪 (lãng, lảng, lặng, rằng, lăng, trảng)