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    3. 龍

    龍

    龍たつ

    dragon

    KMT10Freq #1734AnimalsKanji16 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    たつ

    On'yomi

    リュウリョウロウ

    Nanori

    りゅ

    dragonimperial

    亠
    立
    龍
    竜
    月

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    龕瀧寵壟蘢隴襲聾

    Alternative forms of this concept

    龍

    Concepts using this kanji

    龍山文化

    Longshan culture (China, 3000-1900 BCE)

    龍谷大学

    Ryukoku University

    龍切手

    dragon stamp

    黒龍会

    Black Dragon Society (1901-1946)

    金龍

    golden dragon

    産近甲龍

    Kyoto Sangyo University, Kindai University, Konan University and Ryukoku University (group of similarly ranked private universities in the Kansai region)

    石龍

    lizard

    龍天に登る

    rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)

    神龍

    Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology)

    白龍

    white dragon

    満龍

    Man'ryū (chain of ramen shops)

    赤龍

    red dragon

    青龍

    blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)

    黒龍

    black dragon

    昇り龍

    rising dragon

    龍頭

    something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)

    降り龍

    descending dragon

    雲龍型

    Unryū style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony

    龍舞

    dragon dance (in Chinese culture)

    亢龍有悔

    the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent

    龍魚

    dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon)

    紅龍

    red dragon

    雲龍

    cloud dragon

    黄龍

    yellow dragon

    龍踊り

    dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)

    伏龍

    suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)

    龍が如く

    Yakuza (video game series)

    龍須糖

    Dragon's beard candy

    亢龍

    dragon that has ascended to the heavens

    爬龍

    Okinawan dragon boat race

    牙龍

    dragon's fang

    烏龍

    oolong (tea)

    臥龍

    unrecognized genius

    蟠龍

    coiled dragon

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 月
    • 立
    • 龍
    • 竜

    is_used_in

    • 臥龍
    • 亢龍
    • 雲龍型
    • 牙龍
    • 青龍
    • 爬龍
    • 白龍
    • 伏龍
    • 龍天に登る
    • 昇り龍
    • 黒龍
    • 龍須糖
    • 烏龍
    • 蟠龍
    • 龍魚
    • 金龍
    • 降り龍
    • 石龍
    • 龍切手
    • 龍舞
    • 龍山文化
    • 龍踊り
    • 雲龍
    • 龍頭
    • 黄龍
    • 赤龍
    • 紅龍
    • 産近甲龍
    • 亢龍有悔
    • 黒龍会
    • 満龍
    • 龍谷大学
    • 神龍
    • 龍が如く

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