壟 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「土」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「土」
- On
- ロウ・リョウ
- Kun
- おか・うね・つか
- Meaning
- mound; to monopolize
Origin
Earth 土 with 龍 as phonetic: a field ridge or mound; from looking down on a market comes 壟断, to monopolize.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 壟断ろうだん
monopolizing
- 壟畝ろうほ
fields; the countryside
Example
一社が市場を壟断している。
One company has the market to itself.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)