郎
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(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 邑 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 郎
- Common rank
- #1,347
- Unicode
- U+90CE
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Formation & memory
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How 郎 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man from a good 良 place 阝; 良 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
young man · Heisig RSH #1385
halo + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 郎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夜郎自大 | lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom); fig. foolish conceit | |
| 麻生太郎 | ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008 | |
| 亚巴郎 | (Catholicism) Abraham | |
| 阿里郎 | Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo … | |
| 赛车女郎 | pit babe; paddock girl; grid girl | |
| 桥本龙太郎 | HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998 | |
| 二郎神 | Erlangshen, Chinese deity | |
| 大江健三郎 | Oe Kenzaburo (1935-) Japanese novelist and 1994 Nobel laureate | |
| 郎之万 | Langevin (name) | |
| 新郎官 | bridegroom; groom | |
| 郎世宁 | Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in … | |
| 牛郎织女 | Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers; Altair and Vega (st… | |
| 吊儿郎当 | sloppy | |
| 郎中 | doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) | |
| 如意郎君 | ideal husband; Mr. Right | |
| 拼命三郎 | brave man, willing to risk his life | |
| 瑞士法郎 | Swiss franc (currency) | |
| 法郎 | franc; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 郎平 | Jenny Lang Ping (1960–), Chinese former volleyball player and coach | |
| 新郎 | bridegroom; groom |
Sound family
These characters use 郎 as their sound component — compare how they read.