竜

See also: 龍 and 龙
竜 U+7ADC, 竜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7ADC
← 竛
[U+7ADB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 竝 →
[U+7ADD]

Translingual

Traditional 龍
Shinjitai 竜
Simplified 龙

Glyph origin

Ancient form of 龍 according to the Kangxi dictionary (Jiyun section).

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

竜 (radical 212, 竜+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU), composition ⿱立电)

Derived characters

  • 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

References

  • 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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 竜 – see 龍 (“Chinese dragon; Western dragon; etc.”).
(This character, 竜, is a variant form of 龍.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 竜

Kyūjitai

 龍

Kanji

竜

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

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
竜
たつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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?)

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. dragon

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
竜
りゅう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

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 (in Japanese), 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.
    • 2007 October 20, Hiroshi, Izawa; Kotaro, Yamada, “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, in Japanese), 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

Proper noun

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

  1. A male given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
竜
りょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

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

  1. dragon

References

  1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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