竜

竜 (radical 212, 竜+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU), four-corner 0071₆, composition ⿱立⿻日乚)

• 槞, 滝, 𫣏, 𠺠, 𡏡, 𢲣, 𥉫, 𧏵, 𧯇, 𨃸, 𨻫, 𪱨, 𫅮, 𬏑, 𬔔, 𪱯
• 𣯡, 𤄯, 𥉩, 𥪝, 𥪞, 𪥛, 𪷹, 𪽞, 𪿁, 𫏽, 𬂙, 𬺗, 𬺘, 𬺙, 𬺚, 篭, 𡙶, 𩄱, 𫳭, 𮄿

• 龍 (Orthodox traditional form)

Wikidata

• KangXi: page 870, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25751
• Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2708, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7ADC

Recorded as an ancient form of 龍 in the Kangxi dictionary in 1716 AD. Earlier dictionaries such as Longkan Shoujian 《龍龕手鑑》 in 997 AD and Jiyun 《集韻》 in 1037 AD recorded the glyph as 𥪖.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04806-005

From an ancient form of 龍 recorded in the Kangxi dictionary that became an official shinjitai character in 1946 listed in tōyō kanji.

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龍)

• Go-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りゆう (ryū, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りよう (ryou, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu, 竜, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かみ (kami); きみ (kimi); しげみ (shigemi); とお (tō); とおる (tōru); めぐむ (megumu)

• 土竜 (もぐら) (mogura)

Either from 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”), or 起つ (tatsu, “to rise”), as in 立ち昇る (tachinoboru, “to rise up”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たつ [tàtsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɨᵝ]

竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana たつ, rōmaji tatsu)

1. dragon

• 竜 (たつ)巻 (まき) (tatsumaki)
• 竜 (たつ)の落 (お)とし子 (ご) (tatsunōtoshigo)

Compare Middle Chinese 龍 (MC lɨoŋ).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) りゅ​う [ryúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨᵝː]

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竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana りゅう, rōmaji ryū, historical hiragana りゆう)

1. dragon
   • 1999 July 22, “砦とりでを守まもる翼よく竜りゅう [Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

     山 (やま)の砦 (とりで)を守 (まも)る竜 (りゅう)。天 (てん)空 (くう)から急 (きゅう)降 (こう)下 (か)して敵 (てき)を攻 (こう)撃 (げき)。

     Yama no toride o mamoru ryū. Tenkū kara kyūkōka shite teki o kōgeki.

     A dragon who guards a mountainous fortress. It strikes its enemies as it dives down from the sky.

   • 2004 May 1, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “第だい26話わ　賢けん者じゃの試し問もん [Chapter 26: A Test with the Sage]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 70:

     竜 (りゅう)も人 (ひと)も一 (いっ)緒 (しょ)に生 (い)きればいい　そのくらいの広 (ひろ)さは　世 (せ)界 (かい)にはあるだろ？オレはそんな世 (せ)界 (かい)を見 (み)たいんだ

     Ryū mo hito mo issho ni ikireba ii Sono kurai no hirosa wa sekai ni wa aru daro? Ore wa sonna sekai o mitain da

     Dragons and humans ought to be able to coexist. Isn’t the world large enough for both? I’d love to see such a world.

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “最さい終しゅう話わ　それぞれの道みちへ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 5 (fiction), Jump Remix edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 353:

     神 (かみ)と呼 (よ)ばれし竜 (りゅう)ファ

     Kami to Yobareshi Ryū Fa

     Fa, the Dragon Known as God

竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana りゅう, rōmaji Ryū, historical hiragana りゆう)

1. A male given name

Compare Middle Chinese 龍 (MC lɨoŋ).

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ː]

竜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍, hiragana りょう, rōmaji ryō, historical hiragana りよう)

1. dragon

竜 (eum 룡 (ryong), South Korea 용 (yong))

1. Alternative form of 龍

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2015). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).

竜: Hán Việt readings: long[1][2][3][4]
竜: Nôm readings: long[1][2][4], luông[5][4][6], lung[1], nong[1], luôn[2], luống[2]

1. Hán tự form of long (“dragon”).
2. Nôm form of luông (“Used in various compound words”).

• 竜從 (luông tuồng, “dissolute; unrestrained”)
• 竜勞 (luông lao, “foolish; stupid”)