Radical 212

龍
Radical 212 (U+2FD3)
龍 (U+9F8D) "dragon"
Pinyin:	lóng
Bopomofo:	ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Wade–Giles:	lung2
Jyutping:	lung4
Cantonese Yale:	lung4
Hiragana:	リョウ・リュウ ryō, ryū たつ tatsu
Kanji:	竜 ryū
Hangul:	용 yong
Sino-Korean:	룡 ryong
Stroke order animation

seal script of radical 212

Dragon siddham Sanskrit

Radical 212, 龍, 龙, or 竜 meaning "dragon", is one of only two of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 16 strokes. The character arose as a stylized drawing of a Chinese dragon, and refers to a version of the dragon in each East Asian culture:

Chinese dragon, Lóng in Chinese
Japanese dragon, Ryū or Tatsu in Japanese
Korean dragon, Ryong or Yong in Korean
Vietnamese dragon, Rồng in Vietnamese

It may also refer to the Dragon as it appears in the Chinese zodiac. It is used as the symbol for Tatsu, a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, in California.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only 14 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

It occurs as a phonetic complement in some fairly common Chinese characters, for example 聾 = "deaf", which is composed of 龍 "dragon" and the "ear" 耳 radical, 耳, pronounced similarly to 龍: "dragon gives sound, ear gives meaning".

Characters with Radical 212

strokes	character
without additional strokes	龍
2 additional strokes	龎
3 additional strokes	龏龐
4 additional strokes	龑
5 additional strokes	龒
6 additional strokes	龓龔龕
16 additional strokes	龖
17 additional strokes	龗
32 additional strokes	龘

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

External links

Unihan Database - U+9F8D

Look up 龍 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radical 212.

Chinese radicals according to the Kangxi Dictionary

1 stroke	1 一 2 丨 3 丶 4 丿 5 乙 6 亅

2 strokes	7 二 8 亠 9 人 10 儿 11 入 12 八 13 冂 14 冖 15 冫 16 几 17 凵 18 刀 19 力 20 勹 21 匕 22 匚 23 匸 24 十 25 卜 26 卩 27 厂 28 厶 29 又

3 strokes	30 口 31 囗 32 土 33 士 34 夂 35 夊 36 夕 37 大 38 女 39 子 40 宀 41 寸 42 小 43 尢 44 尸 45 屮 46 山 47 巛 48 工 49 己 50 巾 51 干 52 幺 53 广 54 廴 55 廾 56 弋 57 弓 58 彐 59 彡 60 彳

4 strokes	61 心 62 戈 63 戶 64 手 65 支 66 攴 67 文 68 斗 69 斤 70 方 71 无 72 日 73 曰 74 月 75 木 76 欠 77 止 78 歹 79 殳 80 毋 81 比 82 毛 83 氏 84 气 85 水 86 火 87 爪 88 父 89 爻 90 爿 91 片 92 牙 93 牛 94 犬

5 strokes	95 玄 96 玉 97 瓜 98 瓦 99 甘 100 生 101 用 102 田 103 疋 104 疒 105 癶 106 白 107 皮 108 皿 109 目 110 矛 111 矢 112 石 113 示 114 禸 115 禾 116 穴 117 立

6 strokes	118 竹 119 米 120 糸 121 缶 122 网 123 羊 124 羽 125 老 126 而 127 耒 128 耳 129 聿 130 肉 131 臣 132 自 133 至 134 臼 135 舌 136 舛 137 舟 138 艮 139 色 140 艸 141 虍 142 虫 143 血 144 行 145 衣 146 西

7 strokes	147 見 148 角 149 言 150 谷 151 豆 152 豕 153 豸 154 貝 155 赤 156 走 157 足 158 身 159 車 160 辛 161 辰 162 辵 163 邑 164 酉 165 釆 166 里

8 strokes	167 金 168 長 169 門 170 阜 171 隶 172 隹 173 雨 174 靑 175 非

9 strokes	176 面 177 革 178 韋 179 韭 180 音 181 頁 182 風 183 飛 184 食 185 首 186 香

10 strokes	187 馬 188 骨 189 高 190 髟 191 鬥 192 鬯 193 鬲 194 鬼

11 strokes	195 魚 196 鳥 197 鹵 198 鹿 199 麥 200 麻

12 strokes	201 黃 202 黍 203 黑 204 黹

13 strokes	205 黽 206 鼎 207 鼓 208 鼠

14 strokes	209 鼻 210 齊

15 strokes	211 齒

16 strokes	212 龍 213 龜

17 strokes	214 龠

See also: Kangxi radicals

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