Meaning
dragon; imperial; Long (a surname)
Chinese: 龙，也表示帝王象征。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “long” becomes a different word in each tone. 龙 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 水龙头shuǐ lóng tóufaucet; tap
- 沙龙shā lóngsalon (loanword)
- 恐龙kǒng lóngdinosaur (; (old) (slang) ugly person
- 来龙去脉lái lóng qù màilit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
- 尼龙ní lóng(loanword) nylon
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Example Sentence
龙是中国传统文化中的吉祥动物。Lóng shì Zhōng guó chuán tǒng wén huà zhōng de jí xiáng dòng wù.The dragon is an auspicious animal in traditional Chinese culture.
龙LóngChinese dragon是shìis中国Zhōng guóChina传统chuán tǒngtradition文化wén huàculture中的zhōng deto hit the target吉祥jí xiánglucky动物dòng wùanimal。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a mythical dragon, with a horned head and a long curving body. Simplified from 龍. It means ‘dragon’.
A way to remember it
A horned head and a sweeping tail — a dragon.
Easy to confuse with
- 尤‘Especially’: shares the hook-and-dot strokes on the right, but without the dragon’s head.