隆

Translingual

Etymology

降 + 生, with 𡕒 (roughly ヰ) later dropped.

Han character

隆 (radical 170 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹水一 (NLHEM), four-corner 7721₄, composition ⿰阝⿱⿱夂一生)

1. prosperous, plentiful, abundant

References

• KangXi: page 1356, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41720
• Dae Jaweon: page 1860, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4148, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9686

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Cantonese

Hanzi

隆 (Yale lung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

隆 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: なかだか (nakadaka), たかい (takai)

Proper noun

隆 (hiragana たかし, romaji Takashi)

1. A male given name

隆 (hiragana ゆたか, romaji Yutaka)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

隆 (hangeul 륭>융, revised ryung>yung, McCune-Reischauer ryung>yung, Yale lyung>yung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

隆 (pinyin lóng (long2), Wade-Giles lung²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

隆 (*liung)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

隆 (POJ liông)

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Vietnamese

Han character

隆 (long, lung)