lóng

condition or appearance of moon

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
月 meaning component

  Meaning component

yuè

  

moon

龙 sound component

  Sound component

lóng

  

dragon

Evolution

胧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胧 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
胧 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lóng

condition or appearance of moon; rising moon

Most common words with 胧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

朦胧

hazy

rising moon

朦胧诗

Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement