朗

朗	U+6717, 朗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6717

← 朖
[U+6716]

CJK Unified Ideographs

朘 →
[U+6718]

朗	U+F929, 朗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F929

← 廊
[U+F928]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

浪 →
[U+F92A]

朗	U+FA92, 朗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA92

← 晴
[U+FA91]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

望 →
[U+FA93]

朗	U+2F8D8, 朗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D8

← 䏙
[U+2F8D7]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

望 →
[U+2F8D9]

Translingual

Han character

朗 (radical 74, 月+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈月 (IIB), four-corner 3772₀)

Derived characters

𠻴, 㙟, 𢠯, 𪮡, 𣼽, 樃, 𤎜, 𤨡, 𦄺, 𫆍, 𬡨, 𠓇, 𨅉, 𡂯, 𫻠, 𬂆, 蓢, 𢀬, 𬕨, 𩅜, 𩡜, 塱, 㮾

References

Wikidata

KangXi: page 505, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14362
Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2072, character 6
Unihan data for U+6717

Unihan data for U+F929

Unihan data for U+FA92

Unihan data for U+2F8D8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		朗
variant forms		朖㫰誏朤𣊧朖㫰誏朤𣊧𣍷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
剆	raːl, raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	raːŋ, raːŋs
蜋	raːŋ, raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	raːŋ, raŋ, *raŋs
莨	raːŋ, raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	raːŋ, raːŋs
哴	raːŋ, raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	raːŋ, raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raːŋʔ) : phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ) + semantic 月 (“moon”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎng (lang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làn
Min Dong (BUC): lāng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lóng / láng / lang

(Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): laan (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˇ
  - Wade–Giles: lang³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laang
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁵
  - Yale: lóhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lanˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lan²
  - IPA: /lan¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng
  - Tâi-lô: lóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lorng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láng
  - Tâi-lô: láng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: larng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lang
  - Tâi-lô: lang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lafng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

láng/lang - vernacular;
lóng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lăng
  - IPA ^(key): /laŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: laan (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑ̃²³/

Middle Chinese: /lɑŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	朗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧黨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ^X/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ^X/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤaŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ lang^X ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˁaŋʔ/
English	bright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朗
Reading #	1/1
No.	8034
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朗
Old Chinese	/*raːŋʔ/

Definitions

朗

clear; bright
distinct

Compounds

不朗朗
伊朗 (Yīlǎng)
伊朗高原
健朗
光朗朗
克朗 (kèlǎng)
勃朗峰 (Bólǎng Fēng)
勃朗特
天朗氣清／天朗气清
天清氣朗／天清气朗
布朗族 (bùlǎngzú)
布朗運動／布朗运动
明朗 (mínglǎng)
晃朗
晴朗 (qínglǎng)
書聲朗朗／书声朗朗
月朗風清／月朗风清
朗巴兒／朗巴儿
朗悟
朗抱
朗暢／朗畅

朗月
朗月清風／朗月清风
朗朗
朗朗上口 (lǎnglǎngshàngkǒu)
朗朗雲天／朗朗云天
朗朗高談／朗朗高谈
朗格的
朗照
朗目疏眉
朗聲／朗声 (lǎngshēng)
朗誦／朗诵 (lǎngsòng)
朗誦詩／朗诵诗
朗誦調／朗诵调
朗讀／朗读 (lǎngdú)
朗鑒／朗鉴
清朗
清風朗月／清风朗月
燎朗
爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng)
珠穆朗瑪／珠穆朗玛 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ)

白朗寧／白朗宁
白朗峰
目若朗星
眉清目朗
硬朗 (yìnglang)
神清氣朗／神清气朗
科朗 (kēlǎng)
秦庭朗鏡／秦庭朗镜
豁朗
豁然開朗／豁然开朗 (huòrán kāilǎng)
軒朗／轩朗
通朗
遼朗／辽朗
開朗／开朗 (kāilǎng)
雋朗／隽朗
風恬日朗／风恬日朗
風恬月朗／风恬月朗
風清月朗／风清月朗
高朗
高聲朗誦／高声朗诵

Japanese

Kanji

朗

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

(visually) bright, clear
(auditorily) sonorant, clear
(psychologically) merry, cheerful
Used in personal names.

Readings

Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kun: ほがら (hogara, 朗ら); ほがらか (hogaraka, 朗らか, Jōyō); あきらか (akiraka, 朗らか)
Nanori: あきら (akira); お (o); さえ (sae); ろ (ro)

Compounds

晴 (せい)朗 (ろう) (seirō)

Korean

Hanja

朗 (eum 랑 (rang), South Korea 낭 (nang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

朗: Hán Việt readings: lãng (里(lí)黨(đảng)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
朗: Nôm readings: lẳng[1][2][3][4][5], lặng[1][2][3][4][5], rạng[1][2][3][4][5], lảng[1][2][3][4], lững[1][2][3][4], lãng[1][2][3], lửng[1][2][5], láng[1][2], lắng[1][2], sang[1][2], sáng[1][2], lựng[3][5], lẵng[1], trắng[1], rang[3], lăng[4], lứng[4]

Nôm form of lặng (“calm; silent; quiet”).

References

Nguyễn (2014).
Nguyễn et al. (2009).
Trần (2004).
Hồ (1976).
Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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[tdcndg-1] Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] Trần (2004).

[btcn-4] Hồ (1976).

[taberd-5] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).