浪

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wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 10
Radical: 水 +7
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 浪
Common rank: #1,009
Unicode: U+6D6A

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Formation & memory

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How 浪 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 良 sound ( liáng )

Components 氵良

How to remember it

breakers · Heisig RSH #1152

水 water + halo

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 浪

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
无风不起浪	wú fēng bù qǐ làng	lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without …
浪子回头金不换	làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn	a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
浪卡子县	Làng kǎ zǐ Xiàn	Nagarzê, a county in Shannan City 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4], Tibet
浪子回头	làng zǐ huí tóu	the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
流浪儿	liú làng ér	street urchin; waif
长风破浪	cháng fēng pò làng	lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves; to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)
浪卡子	Làng kǎ zǐ	see 浪卡子縣\|浪卡子县[Lang4 ka3 zi3 Xian4]
兴风作浪	xīng fēng zuò làng	to incite trouble; to stir up havoc
古浪县	Gǔ làng Xiàn	Gulang, a county in Wuwei City 武威市[Wu3 wei1 Shi4], Gansu
流浪者	liú làng zhě	rover; vagabond; vagrant; wanderer
长江后浪推前浪	Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng	lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom); fig. the new is co…
新浪网	Xīn làng Wǎng	Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
风浪板	fēng làng bǎn	(Tw) windsurfing; sailboard
浪费金钱	làng fèi jīn qián	to squander money; to spend extravagantly
波浪号	bō làng hào	tilde ( ~ )
无风三尺浪	wú fēng sān chǐ làng	lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom); fig. trouble arising unexpectedly
浪得虚名	làng dé xū míng	to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
新浪微博	Xīn làng Wēi bó	Sina Weibo, Chinese microblogging platform
流浪汉	liú làng hàn	tramp; wanderer
大浪	dà làng	billow; surge

Sound family

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
良 sound part	liáng	good, virtuous, respectable
娘	niáng	mother; young girl; woman; wife
朗	lǎng	bright, clear, distinct
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