漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
郎: son, counter for sons
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
⻏ carries the meaning · 良 gives the sound
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ロウrou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 新郎しんろうbridegroom
- 野郎やろうguy; fellow; chap
- 郎ろうnth son
Also read リョウ, おとこ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Welcome to the village! This "big town" radical brings the feeling of community, borders, and organized civilization to a kanji.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
良
Also built on good (良)
郎 takes the 良 family's reading, ロウ (rou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side郎 son · ⻏
vs朗 melodious · 月In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 郞 · láng
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 郎. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 郞.
- Simplified
- 郎 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 郞 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin láng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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