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竜 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「竜」

道
準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「竜」
On
リュウ・リョウ・ロウりゅう・りょう・ろう · ryū · ryō · rō
Kun
たつ・いせtatsu · ise
Meaning
dragon

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From an imagined creature with a head and winding body — a dragon.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onリュウりゅうryū竜りゅう竜頭蛇尾りゅうずだび
Kunたつtatsu竜巻たつまき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 竜巻たつまき

    tornado

  • 恐竜きょうりゅう

    dinosaur

More words with this kanji

  • 亢竜有悔こうりょうゆうかい
  • 画竜点睛がりょうてんせい
  • 蛟竜こうりょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

恐竜(きょうりゅう)の化石(かせき)を見学(けんがく)した。

We viewed dinosaur fossils.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

竜巻恐竜竜巻to rol…恐fear柳willow涼cool硫sulphu…僚collea…寮dormit…
CompoundReading

Compound

Map of radical 竜Map of reading リュウAll maps

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