瓏

See also: 𱯚 and 珑

瓏 U+74CF, 瓏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74CF ← 瓎 [U+74CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 瓐 → [U+74D0]

Translingual

Traditional	瓏
Shinjitai (extended)	𱯚
Simplified	珑

Han character

瓏 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜月心 (MGYBP), four-corner 1111₁, composition ⿰𤣩龍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 745, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21340
• Dae Jaweon: page 1153, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1145, character 21
• Unihan data for U+74CF

Chinese

trad.		瓏
simp.		珑
alternative forms		𪚝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “dragon”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông / long

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
    • Tâi-lô: lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: long
    • Tâi-lô: long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: luwng

Rime
Character	瓏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
Baxter	luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瓏
Reading #	1/1
No.	8423
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/

Definitions

瓏

1. a kind of jade that is for requesting rain and has the figure of a Chinese dragon on it

Compounds

• 八面玲瓏／八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng)
• 剔透玲瓏／剔透玲珑
• 四面玲瓏／四面玲珑
• 嬌小玲瓏／娇小玲珑
• 小巧玲瓏／小巧玲珑
• 玲瓏／玲珑 (línglóng)
• 玲瓏剔透／玲珑剔透
• 璁瓏／璁珑
• 瓏玲／珑玲
• 瓏璁／珑璁
• 瓏瓏／珑珑

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𱯚 (𱯚)
Kyūjitai	瓏

Kanji

瓏

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𱯚)

1. clarity
2. sound of jewels

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)

Compounds

• 八面玲瓏(はちめんれいろう) / 八面玲𱯚(はちめんれいろう) (hachimen reirō)
• 玲瓏(れいろう) / 玲𱯚(れいろう) (reirō)

 

Korean

Hanja

瓏 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瓏: Hán Nôm readings: lung, long

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