隆

隆 · lóng

prosperous, plentiful, abundant

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

prosperous, plentiful, abundant

Mandarin
lóng
Cantonese
lung4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 隆 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

リュウ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

たかい

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

リュウ たかい

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

륭융

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
륭
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
융
KS X 1001 (0)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

륭:0E 융:0

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

long

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

long

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9686
Radical
阜 · 170
Strokes
11 · Unihan
Residual
9

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

11 strokes
隆
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰阝㚅(GHTKPV)
⿰阝⿱夂生(J)
*U+9686(J)=U+28E93
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 隆

Character connections

1 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

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Reverse links to attributed component analyses. Open each character for its role, source and words. Shared components do not establish word ancestry.

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ljuwng · 力中 反切 · #20

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 170 · ljuwng = 通開三平東來

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
lóng
kCantonese
lung4
kDefinition
prosperous, plentiful, abundant
kTotalStrokes
11
kRSUnicode
170.9
kGradeLevel
4
kTGH
2013:2479

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
lóng 64148.050
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
lōng 0730.100 · lóng 0732.120
Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
lóng(46) lōng(10)
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 隆 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
91dictionary records using 隆3forms using this shape2attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
阝 beside 㚅 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰阝㚅$(GHTKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰阝㚅$(GHTKPV)

^⿰阝⿱夂生$(J)

*U+9686(J)=U+28E93 · preserved, not fully parsed

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.