朧

See also: 胧
朧 U+6727, 朧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6727
← 朦
[U+6726] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 木 →
[U+6728]

Translingual

Han character

朧 (radical 74, 月+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月卜月心 (BYBP), four-corner 71211, composition ⿰月龍)

References
  • KangXi: page 507, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14411
  • Dae Jaweon: page 888, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2124, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+6727

Chinese
trad. 朧
simp. 胧

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
驡 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐 *broːŋ
瀧 *rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅 *roːŋ
朧 *roːŋ, *roŋs
龓 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾 *roːŋ
礱 *roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨 *roːŋ
蘢 *roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳 *roːŋ
襱 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏 *roːŋ
曨 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗 *roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪 *roːŋ
巃 *roːŋʔ
竉 *roːŋʔ
攏 *roːŋʔ
儱 *roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍 *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘 *roŋ, *roŋs
隴 *roŋʔ
壠 *roŋʔ
壟 *roŋʔ
寵 *r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏 *kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *roːŋ, *roŋs) : semantic 月 (“moon”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Unlike other characters with a 月-like component on the left, this character's 月 is not a simplification of 肉; 朦朧 was originally used in reference to the moon.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 朧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /luŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /luŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /luŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ləwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /luŋ/
Wang
Li		 /luŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /luŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lóng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 朧 朧
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8414 8445
Phonetic
component		 龍 龍
Rime
group		 東 東
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 籠 贚
Old
Chinese		 /*roːŋ/ /*roŋs/

Definitions

朧

  1. Only used in 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng).

Japanese

Kanji
朧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. hazy, cloudy

Readings
  • Go-on: る (ru)
  • Kan-on: ろう (rō)
  • Kun: おぼろ (oboro, 朧)

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
朧
おぼろ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Cognate with 凡 (opo → ō, “dim, faint”).

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

朧 (-na inflection, hiragana おぼろ, rōmaji oboro)

  1. hazy, cloudy
  2. uncertain, unreliable

Inflection
Inflection of 朧
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 朧だろ おぼろだろ oboro daro
Continuative (連用形) 朧で おぼろで oboro de
Terminal (終止形) 朧だ おぼろだ oboro da
Attributive (連体形) 朧な おぼろな oboro na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 朧なら おぼろなら oboro nara
Imperative (命令形) 朧であれ おぼろであれ oboro de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 朧ではない
朧じゃない		 おぼろではない
おぼろじゃない		 oboro de wa nai
oboro ja nai
Informal past 朧だった おぼろだった oboro datta
Informal negative past 朧ではなかった
朧じゃなかった		 おぼろではなかった
おぼろじゃなかった		 oboro de wa nakatta
oboro ja nakatta
Formal 朧です おぼろです oboro desu
Formal negative 朧ではありません
朧じゃありません		 おぼろではありません
おぼろじゃありません		 oboro de wa arimasen
oboro ja arimasen
Formal past 朧でした おぼろでした oboro deshita
Formal negative past 朧ではありませんでした
朧じゃありませんでした		 おぼろではありませんでした
おぼろじゃありませんでした		 oboro de wa arimasen deshita
oboro ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 朧で おぼろで oboro de
Conditional 朧なら（ば） おぼろなら（ば） oboro nara (ba)
Provisional 朧だったら おぼろだったら oboro dattara
Volitional 朧だろう おぼろだろう oboro darō
Adverbial 朧に おぼろに oboro ni
Degree 朧さ おぼろさ oborosa

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 朧 (おぼろ)朧 (おぼろ), 朧 (おぼろ)々 (おぼろ) (oboro-oboro)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)影 (かげ) (oborokage)
  • 朧絣 (おぼろがすり) (oborogasuri)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)銀 (ぎん) (oborogin)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)雲 (ぐも) (oborogumo)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)九 (く)曜 (よう) (oboro-kuyō)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)げ, 朧 (おぼろ)気 (げ) (oboroge)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)昆 (こん)布 (ぶ) (oboro-konbu)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)染 (ぞめ), 朧 (おぼろ)染 (ぞ)め (oborozome)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)月 (づき) (oborozuki)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)月 (づき)夜 (よ) (oborozukiyo), 朧 (おぼろ)月 (づく)夜 (よ) (oborozukuyo)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)蔦 (づた) (oborozuta)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)豆 (どう)腐 (ふ) (oboro-dōfu)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)の清水 (しみず) (Oboro no Shimizu)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)花色 (はないろ) (oboro-hanairo)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)富 (ふ)士 (じ) (oborofuji)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)船 (ぶね) (oborobune)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)饅 (まん)頭 (じゅう) (oboro-manjū)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)木 (も)綿 (めん) (oboro-momen)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)闇 (やみ) (oboroyami)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)夜 (よ) (oboroyo)
  • 朧 (おぼろ)輪 (わ) (oborowa)
  • 月 (つき)も朧 (おぼろ)に白魚 (しらうお)の篝 (かがり)もかすむ春 (はる)の空 (そら) (tsuki mo oboro ni shirauo no kagari mo kasumu haru no sora)

Noun

朧 (hiragana おぼろ, rōmaji oboro)

  1. minced meat or seafood
  2. Short for 朧昆布 (oboro-konbu): shredded kelp
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  4. Short for 朧饅頭 (oboro-manjū): steamed bun with the outer covering removed after steaming

Proper noun

朧 (hiragana おぼろ, rōmaji Oboro)

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

朧 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

朧 (lung, lông)

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