Keyword
ancient dragon
- dragon
- imperial
- Frequency
- #1734
- Strokes
- 16
- Grade
- 10
- Heisig
- 2985
Readings
リュウ
リョウ
ロウ
たつ
Mnemonic
Standing up on its hind legs, an ancient dragon bites a chunk from the moon, snaps the divining rod that found it, and gulps the dowser in three bites, leaving oneself alone.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
襲assault儱rude嚨throat壟rice field dike壠mound寵patronage巃lofty攏collect瀧waterfall [old]蘢dragon grass隴mound龐disorderly曨vague朧haziness櫳cage瓏clarity龑high and bright礱grind竉hole籠basket聾deafness龔give龕alcove for an image讋fear龖flight of a dragon
Used in vocabulary
龍
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Noun
青龍
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
Noun
龍宮
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
Noun
龍笛
dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku
Noun