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龙 - lóng

dragon; symbolic of emperor

dragon; symbolic of emperor

How to read 龙

Click 龙 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinlóng
Englishdragon; symbolic of emperor
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

龙井 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 龙亭. Please read 龙人 one more time.

Common words with this character

see 龍井市|龙井市[Long2 jing3 Shi4]; see 龍井區|龙井区[Long2 jing3 Qu1]; Longjing tea
see 龍亭區|龙亭区[Long2 ting2 Qu1]
Dragon Man, the nickname of the individual whose fossilized cranium was discovered in Heilongjiang in 1933, thought to be a Denisovan 丹尼索瓦人[Dan1 ni2 suo3 wa3 ren2] or a new species of extinct human, Homo longi
sole; right-eyed flounder; flatfish

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 龙 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 龙井 and 龙亭 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 龙.