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竜

dragon
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingリュウ、リョウ、ロウ
Kun readingたつ、いせ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. dragonRtK
    彼はその恐竜の精巧な縮小模型をじっと見つめた。He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.tatoeba
    地球的規模の気候の変化が原因で恐竜が絶滅したのかもしれない。Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.tatoeba
  2. imperial
  1. dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)
  2. naga
  3. semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
  4. promoted rook

Synonyms

ドラゴン竜王

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (りゅう)
流 · way

Radicals and components

Radical立stand
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

vase · stand up (立) · eel · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 575

Compound words

恐竜きょうりゅう
dinosaur
竜巻たつまき
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
竜王りゅうおう
Dragon King; promoted rook
登竜門とうりゅうもん
gateway to success
鎧竜がいりゅう
ankylosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Ankylosauria)
白竜ペーロン
dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
飛竜ひりゅう
flying dragon
竜蝦いせえび
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
竜駕りょうが
imperial carriage
竜宮りゅうぐう
Palace of the Dragon King
亢竜こうりょう
dragon that has ascended to the heavens
寐竜メイロン
mei long (dinosaur discovered in China)
蛟竜こうりょう
mizuchi
蟠竜はんりょう
coiled dragon
袞竜こんりょう
imperial robes
驪竜りりょう
black dragon
划竜ペーロン
dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
剗竜ペーロン
dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
烏竜茶ウーロンちゃ
oolong tea
黒竜会こくりゅうかい
Black Dragon Society (1901-1946)
青竜蝦しゃこ
mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
鳥竜茶ウーロンちゃ
oolong tea
竜の口たつのくち
dragon-head gargoyle
竜田姫たつたひめ
Tatsutahime

Additional Examples

村に竜巻が起こった。
There was a tornado in the village.tatoeba
上の左端の動物は、竜のつもりでしょう。
The animal in the top left-hand corner is meant to be a dragon.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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