Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

隆: hump, high

Also: noble, prosperity

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻖ carries the meaning · 夂 and 生 are drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リュウryuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 隆盛りゅうせい
  • 隆起りゅうきprotuberance; bulge; protrusion
  • 興隆こうりゅう

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
More in the 阝 hill story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⻖

Also built on hill (⻖)

All 29
夂

Also built on to follow (夂)

All 11
生

Also built on birth (生)

All 6

Also read リュウ

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
隆 hump · ⻖ + 夂
vs牲 animal sacrifice · 牛
隆 has ⻖ + 夂 where 牲 has 牛.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lóng

Same form: 隆 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
隆 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
隆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lóng 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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