龙
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Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 龍 itself
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 龍
- Common rank
- #127
- Unicode
- U+9F99
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
dragon · Heisig RSH #1474
犬 pooch + spoon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 龙
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙山区 | Longshan, a district of Liaoyuan City 遼源市|辽源市[Liao2 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin | |
| 龙山县 | Longshan, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 T… | |
| 水龙头 | faucet; tap | |
| 天龙人 | (Tw) (slang) privileged people oblivious to the hardships of others; Taipei residents or u… | |
| 马龙区 | Malong, a district of Qujing City 曲靖市[Qu3 jing4 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 天龙国 | (Tw) (slang) nickname for Taipei (implying that the residents are privileged, having acces… | |
| 龙海区 | Longhai, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian | |
| 龙山文化 | Longshan culture; black pottery culture | |
| 安龙县 | Anlong, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 n… | |
| 车水马龙 | endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom); heavy traffic | |
| 龙安区 | Long'an, a district of Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan | |
| 龙头老大 | big boss; leader of a group; dominant (position) | |
| 龙文区 | Longwen, a district of Zhangzhou City 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian | |
| 马克龙 | Emmanuel Macron (1977-), president of France from 2017 | |
| 人龙 | a queue of people | |
| 龙人 | Dragon Man, the nickname of the individual whose fossilized cranium was discovered in Heil… | |
| 龙口市 | Longkou, a county-level city in Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 龙山 | see 龍山縣|龙山县[Long2 shan1 Xian4]; see 龍山區|龙山区[Long2 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 龙门县 | Longmen, a county in Huizhou City 惠州市[Hui4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 水龙 | hose; pipe; fire hose; (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) |
Sound family
These characters use 龙 as their sound component — 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 | |
| 陇 | a mountain located in the Shanxi provice | |
| 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 |