Chinese Character Wiki
龍

lóng

dragon

Pictograph of a dragon curled up.

Evolution

龍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
龍 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
龍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
龍 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
龍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

龙 (龍) 

lóng

dragon; symbolic of emperor; CL:條|条[tiáo]; imperial

龙 (龍) 

Lóng

surname Long

Most common words with 龍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

龙

dragon

恐龙

dinosaur

龙头

faucet

龙虾

lobster

飞龙

wyvern (type of dragon)

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (0 verified)

襲 龐 龔 龕

Sound component in 12 characters (0 verified)

籠 壟 攏 寵 朧 聾 嚨 隴 瓏 蘢 瀧 矓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[mə]-roŋ

ljowng

lóng

dragon

*mˤroŋ

maewng

máng

variegated


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 21.9926% of movies

1122nd most common character in movies

696th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

龙

Unicode

U+9F8D

Shuowen

“龍，鱗蟲之長。能幽能明，能細能巨，能短能長，春分而登天，秋分而潛淵。从肉，飛之形，童省聲。”


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