竜
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Translingual edit
Traditional | 龍 |
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Shinjitai | 竜 |
Simplified | 龙 |
Han character edit
竜 (Kangxi radical 117, 立+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU), four-corner 00716, composition ⿱立⿻日乚)
Derived characters edit
- 槞, 滝, 𫣏, 𠺠, 𡏡, 𢲣, 𥉫, 𧏵, 𧯇, 𨃸, 𨻫, 𪱨, 𫅮, 𬏑, 𬔔, 𪱯
- 𣯡, 𤄯, 𥉩, 𥪝, 𥪞, 𪥛, 𪷹, 𪽞, 𪿁, 𫏽, 𬂙, 𬺗, 𬺘, 𬺙, 𬺚, 篭, 𡙶, 𩄱, 𫳭, 𮄿
Related characters edit
- 龍 (Orthodox traditional form)
References edit
- 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 edit
Glyph origin edit
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 edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 竜 – see 龍 (“Chinese dragon; Western dragon; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of 龍). |
References edit
Japanese edit
竜 | |
龍 |
Glyph origin edit
From an ancient form of 龍 recorded in the Kangxi dictionary that became an official shinjitai character in 1946 listed in tōyō kanji.
Kanji edit
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龍)
Readings edit
- Go-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)←りゆう (ryuu, historical)
- Kan-on: りょう (ryō)←りよう (ryou, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō)
- Kun: たつ (tatsu, 竜, Jōyō)
- Nanori: かみ (kami); きみ (kimi); しげみ (shigemi); とお (tō); とおる (tōru); めぐむ (megumu)
Compounds edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term |
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竜 |
りゅう Grade: S |
goon |
Alternative spellings |
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龍 (kyūjitai) 龍 |
From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).
The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the initial borrowing from Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (mythology) a Chinese dragon
- (mythology) Synonym of ドラゴン (doragon): a Western dragon
- 1999 July 22, “砦を守る翼竜”, 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”, 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”, 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 God
- (shogi, colloquial) Short for 竜王 (ryūō): dragon king; a promoted 角行 (kakugyō, “bishop”) that has the moves of both kakugyō and 王将 (ōshō)/玉将 (gyokushō)
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design
Derived terms edit
Affix edit
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
- (astronomy) Short for りゅう座 (Ryūza): the constellation Draco
- a male given name
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term |
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竜 |
りょう Grade: S |
kan’on |
Alternative spellings |
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龍 (kyūjitai) 龍 |
From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).
The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (mythology, rare or in Chinese contexts) a Chinese dragon
Affix edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term |
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竜 |
たつ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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龍 (kyūjitai) 龍 |
From Old Japanese.
Possibly from the verb 立つ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- 辰 (tatsu)
- 竜頭 (tatsugashira)
- 竜田 (Tatsuta)
- 竜の落とし子 (tatsu no otoshigo)
- 竜巻 (tatsumaki)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
竜: Hán Việt readings: long[1][2][3][4]
竜: Nôm readings: long[1][2][4], luông[5][4][6], lung[1], nong[1], luôn[2], luống[2]
Compounds edit
- 竜從 (luông tuồng, “dissolute; unrestrained”)
- 竜勞 (luông lao, “foolish; stupid”)