竜

竜 (Kangxi radical 117, 立+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田山 (YTWU), four-corner 0071₆, composition ⿱立⿻日乚)

• 槞, 滝, 𫣏, 𠺠, 𡏡, 𢲣, 𥉫, 𧏵, 𧯇, 𨃸, 𨻫, 𪱨, 𫅮, 𬏑, 𬔔, 𪱯
• 𣯡, 𤄯, 𥉩, 𥪝, 𥪞, 𪥛, 𪷹, 𪽞, 𪿁, 𫏽, 𬂙, 𬺗, 𬺘, 𬺙, 𬺚, 篭, 𡙶, 𩄱, 𫳭, 𮄿

• 龍 (Orthodox traditional form)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 870, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25751
• Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2708, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7ADC

Recorded as an ancient form of 龍 in the Kangxi dictionary in 1716 AD. Earlier dictionaries such as Longkan Shoujian 《龍龕手鑑》 in 997 AD and Jiyun 《集韻》 in 1037 AD recorded the glyph as 𥪖.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04806-005

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From an ancient form of 龍 recorded in the Kangxi dictionary that became an official shinjitai character in 1946 listed in tōyō kanji.

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龍)

• Go-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りゆう (ryuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りよう (ryou, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu, 竜, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かみ (kami)、きみ (kimi)、しげみ (shigemi)、とお (tō)、とおる (tōru)、めぐむ (megumu)

• 竜胆(リンドウ) (rindō)
• 石竜子(トカゲ) (tokage)
• 土竜(モグラ) (mogura)

From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

• (Tokyo) りゅう (Atamadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

• Audio:

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竜(りゅう) • (ryū) 

1. (mythology) a Chinese dragon
2. (mythology) Synonym of ドラゴン (doragon): a Western dragon
   • 1999 July 22, “砦(とりで)を守(まも)る翼(よく)竜(りゅう) [Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

     山(やま)の砦(とりで)を守(まも)る竜(りゅう)。天(てん)空(くう)から急(きゅう)降(こう)下(か)して敵(てき)を攻(こう)撃(げき)。

     Yama no toride o mamoru ryū. Tenkū kara kyūkōka shite teki o kōgeki.

     A dragon who guards a mountainous fortress. It strikes its enemies as it dives down from the sky.

   • 2004 May 1, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)26(にじゅうろく)話(わ)　賢(けん)者(じゃ)の試(し)問(もん) [Chapter 26: A Test with the Sage]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 70:

     竜(りゅう)も人(ひと)も一(いっ)緒(しょ)に生(い)きればいい　そのくらいの広(ひろ)さは　世(せ)界(かい)にはあるだろ？オレはそんな世(せ)界(かい)を見(み)たいんだ

     Ryū mo hito mo issho ni ikireba ii Sono kurai no hirosa wa sekai ni wa aru daro? Ore wa sonna sekai o mitai n da

     Dragons and humans ought to be able to coexist. Isn’t the world large enough for both? I’d love to see such a world.

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 353:

     神(かみ)と呼(よ)ばれし竜(りゅう)ファ ― Kami to Yobareshi Ryū Fa ― Fa, the Dragon Known as God

3. (shogi, colloquial) Short for 竜王 (ryūō): dragon king; a promoted 角行 (kakugyō, “bishop”) that has the moves of both kakugyō and 王将 (ōshō)/玉将 (gyokushō)
4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design

• 竜王(りゅうおう) (ryūō)
• 竜胆(りゅうたん) (ryūtan)

竜(りゅう) • (ryū) 

1. dragon
2. hero
3. imperial
4. dinosaur

竜(りゅう) • (Ryū) ^{←りゆう (ryuu)?}

1. (astronomy) Short for りゅう座 (Ryūza): the constellation Draco
2. a male given name
3. a surname

From Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng).

• (Tokyo) りょー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

竜(りょう) • (ryō) ^{←りよう (ryou)?}

1. (mythology, rare or in Chinese contexts) a Chinese dragon

竜(りょう) • (ryō) 

1. dragon
2. hero
3. imperial

From Old Japanese.

Possibly from the verb 立つ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).

• (Tokyo) たつ (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

竜(たつ) • (tatsu) 

1. (mythology) a Japanese dragon

竜: Hán Việt readings: long^[1][2][3][4]
竜: Nôm readings: long^[1][2][4], luông^[5][4][6], lung^[1], nong^[1], luôn^[2], luống^[2]

1. Alternative form of 龍 (long)
2. Nôm form of luông (“Used in various compound words”).

• 竜從 (luông tuồng, “dissolute; unrestrained”)
• 竜勞 (luông lao, “foolish; stupid”)