Chinese Character Wiki

隆

lóng, lōng

prosperous

Evolution

隆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隆 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
隆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

隆  

lóng

prosperous, plentiful, abundant; grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge

隆  

Lóng

surname Long; short for 吉隆坡[Jí​lóng​pō], Kuala Lumpur

隆  

lōng

sound of drums

Most common words with 隆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

隆

grand

隆重

grand

克隆

clone (loanword)

乾隆

Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bǎo​Qīn​wáng], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hóng​lì], reigned 1735-1799

隆隆

rumble

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

窿 癃

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]uŋ

ljuwng

lóng

sound of thunder

*[r]uŋ (< * -[u]m)

ljuwng

lóng

high; ample; eminent


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.5947% of movies

1605th most common character in movies

1400th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+9686

Shuowen

“，豐大也。从生，降聲。”


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