láng
a variety of white carnelian
Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瑯.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 琅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
fig. a dazzling lineup | ||
jade-like stone | ||
enamel | ||
tooth enamel | ||
Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing Dynasties |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ˤaŋ | lang | láng | (a kind of precious stone) |
*[r]ˤaŋ | lang | láng | 琅邪 (name of a mountain in Shāndōng) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3585th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+7405 |
Shuowen | “琅，琅玕，似珠者。从玉，良聲。” |
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