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

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/

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

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 (xiǎoqiǎolínglóng)
玲瓏 / 玲珑 (línglóng)
玲瓏剔透 / 玲珑剔透 (línglóngtītòu)
璁瓏 / 璁珑
瓏玲 / 珑玲
瓏璁 / 珑璁
瓏瓏 / 珑珑

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𱯚 (𱯚)
Print standard	瓏

Kanji

瓏

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𱯚)

clarity
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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