龍

dragon; imperial

16 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1734.

Readings

• リュウ (on reading): 龍が如く (りゅうがごとく) Yakuza (video game series); 龍谷大学 (りゅうこくだいがく) Ryukoku University
• リョウ (on reading): 青龍 (せいりょう) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); 白龍 (はくりょう) white dragon
• ロウ (on reading)
• たつ (kun reading): 龍頭 (たつがしら) something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)

Components

• 立
• 月
• 月 radical moon; flesh
• 立 radical stand

Kanji containing 龍

• 襲 attack
• 壟 mound
• 寵 affection
• 瀧 waterfall
• 蘢 dragon grass
• 隴 hill
• 朧 haziness
• 瓏 clarity
• 籠 basket
• 聾 deafness
• 龕 alcove for an image

Words using 龍

• 龍が如く (りゅうがごとく) Yakuza (video game series)
• 龍谷大学 (りゅうこくだいがく) Ryukoku University
• 神龍 (しんりゅう) Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology)
• 黒龍 (こくりゅう) black dragon
• 黄龍 (こうりゅう) yellow dragon
• 青龍 (せいりょう) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)
• 白龍 (はくりょう) white dragon
• 屠龍 (とりょう) dragon-slaying
• 蟠龍 (はんりょう) coiled dragon
• 亢龍 (こうりょう) dragon that has ascended to the heavens
• 龍頭 (たつがしら) something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
• 龍踊り (じゃおどり) dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)

35 words in all.

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