dragon

Origin & mnemonic

The dragon radical originates from pictographic depictions in oracle-bone and seal script, representing the shape of a dragon with its distinctive head, body, and curved tail.

Mnemonic: Imagine a sinuous dragon with a prominent head and an upturned tail—the mythical creature's flowing form stamps itself in memory.

• 龙lóng🔊

  Chinese dragon; loong

  HSK 3

  5 strokes

• 垄lǒng🔊

  ridge between fields

  8 strokes

• 䶮yǎn🔊

  (rare) character coined for use in the name of Liu Yan 劉龑|刘䶮[Liu2 Yan3] (889–942), founding emperor of Southern Han

  9 strokes

• 砻lóng🔊

  (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill)

  10 strokes

• 袭xí🔊

  (bound form) to raid; to attack

  11 strokes

• 龚Gōng🔊

  surname Gong

  11 strokes

• 龛kān🔊

  (bound form) niche; shrine

  11 strokes

• 厐páng🔊

  variant of 龐|庞[pang2], huge

  18 strokes

• 庞páng🔊

  (bound form) huge

  19 strokes

• 龒lóng🔊

  old variant of 龍|龙[long2]

  21 strokes

• 龗líng🔊

  dragon

  33 strokes