朗

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clear; bright

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 10
Radical: 月 +7
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 朗
Common rank: #1,118
Unicode: U+6717

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Formation & memory

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How 朗 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

月 meaning “moon” + 良 sound ( liáng )

Components 良月

How to remember it

lucent · Heisig RSH #2513

halo + moon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 朗

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
马克斯·普朗克	Mǎ kè sī · Pǔ lǎng kè	Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy
布朗大学	Bù lǎng Dà xué	Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
布朗克斯	Bù lǎng kè sī	The Bronx, borough of New York City; Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx); also writt…
米开朗基罗	Mǐ kāi lǎng jī luó	Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor
拉格朗日	Lā gé lǎng rì	Lagrange (name); Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
克朗代克	Kè lǎng dài kè	Klondike in northwest Canada
布朗运动	Bù lǎng yùn dòng	(physics) Brownian motion
布朗克士	Bù lǎng kè shì	The Bronx, borough of New York City
白朗县	Bái lǎng Xiàn	Bainang, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市\|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
普朗克常数	Pǔ lǎng kè cháng shù	(physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ joule.seconds
阿姆斯特朗	Ā mǔ sī tè lǎng	surname Armstrong
布朗族	Bù lǎng zú	Blang ethnic group
布朗尼	bù lǎng ní	brownie (pastry) (loanword)
布朗士	Bù lǎng shì	The Bronx, borough of New York City; Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx); also writt…
普朗克	Pǔ lǎng kè	Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist
元朗市	Yuán Lǎng shì	Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island
特朗普	Tè lǎng pǔ	Donald Trump (1946–), American businessman and politician, US president 2017–2021 and 2025…
达朗贝尔	Dá lǎng bèi ěr	D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician
密特朗	Mì tè lǎng	Mitterrand
埃斯特朗	Āi sī tè lǎng	Anders Jonas Angstrom or Ångström (1814-1874), Swedish physicist

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 良 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
良 sound part	liáng	good, virtuous, respectable
浪	làng	breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
娘	niáng	mother; young girl; woman; wife
狼	láng	wolf
粮	liáng	food, grain, provisions
酿	niàng	to ferment, to brew
琅	láng	pure, white; carnelian
踉	liàng	to hop, to jump; hurried, urgent
锒	láng	chain, lock; ornament
稂	láng	grass; weeds
莨	làng	Japanese belladonna; Scopolia japonica