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朗

朗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「月」+音符「良」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロウElem.
Kun (native)
  • ほが(らか)JHS
  • あき(らか)
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • あきら
  • お
  • さえ
  • ろ
Other languages
  • 拼音lang3
  • 한글rang
  • Hán-ViệtLãng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
月(つき)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6717

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰⿱丶⿸𢀳丶月

Words using this kanji

  • 朗読ろうどく文章・詩などを声を出して読むこと。特に、情感を込めて詩文を読むこと。 文章・詩などを声に出して読む。reading aloud, recitation
  • 朗報ろうほうよい知らせ。吉報。good news, happy news, glad tidings
  • 朗詠ろうえい節をつけて詩歌を読むこと。 七言二句の漢詩文に節を付けてよんだもの。recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
  • 朗らかほがらかcheerful, merry, sunny, melodious
  • 朗々ろうろうclear, sonorous, full-sounding, resonant
  • 朗吟ろうぎん声高く詩歌を詠うこと。recitation, singing
  • 朗唱ろうしょう声高らかに歌うこと。 朗誦すること。朗読すること。recitation, chant
  • 朗読会ろうどくかいrecital, recitation, public reading
  • 朗読ＣＤろうどくシーディーaudiobook on a CD-ROM

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-4
Four Corner
3772.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b6.11
Heisig
1579
Nelson
3762