竜
dragon; imperial
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1195.
Readings
- リュウ (on reading): 竜 (りゅう) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); 恐竜 (きょうりゅう) dinosaur
- たつ (kun reading): 竜巻 (たつまき) tornado; 竜田揚げ (たつたあげ) dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
- リョウ (on reading): 火竜 (かりょう) firedrake; 画竜点睛 (がりょうてんせい) finishing touches
- ロウ (on reading)
- いせ (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 竜胆 (りんどう) gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); 蔓竜胆 (つるりんどう) Tripterospermum japonicum; 土竜打ち (もぐらうち) driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)
Components
Kanji containing 竜
Words using 竜
- 竜 (りゅう) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)
- 恐竜 (きょうりゅう) dinosaur
- 竜王 (りゅうおう) Dragon King
- 翼竜 (よくりゅう) pterosaur
- 登竜門 (とうりゅうもん) gateway to success
- 竜巻 (たつまき) tornado
- 竜田揚げ (たつたあげ) dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
- 竜の口 (たつのくち) dragon-head gargoyle
- 竜田姫 (たつたひめ) Tatsutahime
- 竜巻旋風脚 (たつまきせんぷうきゃく) tatsumaki senpūkyaku (kick attack from the Street Fighter series)
- 火竜 (かりょう) firedrake
- 画竜点睛 (がりょうてんせい) finishing touches
- 雨竜 (あまりょう) rain dragon
- 竜馬がゆく (りょうまがゆく) Ryōma ga Yuku (1963-1966 novel by Shiba Ryōtarō)
- 蛟竜 (こうりょう) mizuchi
- 竜胆 (りんどう) gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri)
- 蔓竜胆 (つるりんどう) Tripterospermum japonicum
- 土竜打ち (もぐらうち) driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)
- 竜胆色 (りんどういろ) gentian blue
106 words in all.