壟 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

lǒng

grave

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

龍 Sound component

lóng

dragon

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lǒng

grave, mound; ridge in field; ridge between fields; row of crops; grave mound

Most common words with 壟

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	垄断	to monopolize
	垄	row of crops
	反垄断法	anti-trust law
	垄沟	furrow (agriculture)
	地垄	lines on ridges on ploughed field

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2336th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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