懂中文 Dong Chinese

朧

lóng

condition or appearance of moon

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components
月 meaning component

月  Meaning component

yuè

  

moon

龍 sound component

龍  Sound component

lóng

  

dragon

Evolution

朧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
朧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

胧 (朧) 

lóng

condition or appearance of moon; rising moon

Most common words with 朧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

朦胧

hazy

胧

rising moon

朦胧诗

Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement