Translingual

Han character

竜 (radical 117 立+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU), composition ⿱立电)

References

• KangXi: page 870, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25751
• Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2708, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7ADC

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龍)

Readings

• Goon: りゅう (ryū)
• Kan’on: りょう (ryō)
• Kan’yōon: ろう (rō)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu)
• Nanori: かみ (kami), きみ (kimi), しげみ (shigemi), たつ (tatsu), とお (tō), とおる (tōru), めぐむ (megumu)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) たつ [tàtsú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɯᵝ]

Noun

竜 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana たつ, romaji tatsu)

1. dragon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) りゅ​う [ryúꜜù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [rjɯᵝː]

Noun

竜 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana りゅう, romaji ryū, historical hiragana りゆう)

1. dragon

Proper noun

竜 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana りゅう, romaji Ryū, historical hiragana りゆう)

1. A male given name

Etymology 3

Noun

竜 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana りょう, romaji ryō, historical hiragana りよう)

1. dragon

1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3