lǒng

mountain located between Shanxi

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

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

is a component form of .

龙 sound component

  Sound component

lóng

  

dragon

Evolution

陇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陇 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
陇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
陇 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
陇 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lǒng

mountain located between Shanxi

() 

Lǒng

short name for Gansu province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gān​sù​Shěng]

Most common words with 陇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

short name for Gansu province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gān​sù​Shěng]

陇西

Longxi county in Dingxi 定西[Dìng​xī], Gansu

陇海

Jiangsu-Gansu railway

陇海铁路

Jiangsu-Gansu railway

陇南

Longnan prefecture-level city in south Gansu