Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “long”
30 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
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Second tone
lóng
龙
lóng
聋dragon
5 strokes · HSK 3.0 L5lóng
咙deaf
11 strokes · HSK 3.0 L7-9lóng
泷throat
8 strokeslóng
茏raining
8 strokeslóng
栊tall grass
8 strokeslóng
珑cage, pen
9 strokeslóng
胧the tinkling of jewelry
9 strokeslóng
眬blurry, obscured
9 strokeslóng
砻faint, fuzzy, blurry
10 strokeslóng
笼millstone
10 strokeslóng
隆basket
11 strokeslóng
癃prosperous, plentiful, abundant
11 strokeslóng
窿weakness, infirmity
16 strokeslóng
龍mine shaft
16 strokeslóng
嚨dragon
16 strokeslóng
瀧throat
19 strokeslóng
蘢raining
19 strokeslóng
朧tall grass
20 strokeslóng
瓏blurry, obscured
20 strokeslóng
矓the tinkling of jewelry
20 strokeslóng
籠faint, fuzzy, blurry
21 strokeslóng
聾basket
22 strokeslóng
deaf
22 strokes3
Third tone
lǒng
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