陇
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short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阜 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 隴
- Common rank
- #2,960
- Unicode
- U+9647
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 陇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陇海铁路 | Jiangsu-Gansu railway | |
| 陇西县 | Longxi, a county in Dingxi City 定西市[Ding4 xi1 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 陇南市 | Longnan, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3] | |
| 陇川县 | Longchuan, a county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[D… | |
| 仪陇县 | Yilong, a county in Nanchong City 南充市[Nan2 chong1 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 陇县 | Long County or Longxian, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 陇海 | Jiangsu-Gansu railway; abbr. for 隴海鐵路|陇海铁路[Long3 Hai3 tie3 lu4] | |
| 陇西 | see 隴西縣|陇西县[Long3 xi1 Xian4] | |
| 陇南 | see 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4] | |
| 得陇望蜀 | lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized; fig. endless greed; insatiable desire | |
| 陇川 | see 隴川縣|陇川县[Long3 chuan1 Xian4] | |
| 仪陇 | see 儀隴縣|仪陇县[Yi2 long3 Xian4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 龙 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙 sound part | dragon; symbol of the emperor | |
| 笼 | basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum | |
| 宠 | to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine | |
| 拢 | to collect, to bring together | |
| 聋 | deaf | |
| 垄 | grave, mound; furrow, ridge | |
| 珑 | the tinkling of jewelry | |
| 泷 | raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong | |
| 胧 | blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon | |
| 茏 | tall grass; water-weeds | |
| 咙 | throat | |
| 眬 | faint, fuzzy, blurry | |
| 砻 | millstone; to grind, to mill | |
| 垅 | grave, mound; furrow, ridge | |
| 栊 | cage, pen; grating |