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郎 — 9 strokes / Radical「⻏」

道
4Junior high level / 9 strokes / Radical「⻏」
On
ロウ・リョウろう・りょう · rō · ryō
Kun
おとこotoko
Meaning
young man; (name suffix)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

良 "fine" with 阝 "village": a fine young man of the village; now used in men's names.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onロウろうrō新郎しんろう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 新郎しんろう

    bridegroom

  • 野郎やろう

    fellow; guy (rough)

More words with this kanji

  • 女郎蜘蛛じょろうぐも

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

新郎(しんろう)と新婦(しんぷ)が笑顔(えがお)で並(なら)んだ。

The bridegroom and bride stood side by side, smiling.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

新郎野郎郎新new野field邦countr…邑villag…那what?邨a vill…邵a plac…療medica…露dew了comple…両both老old
CompoundRadicalReading

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