Memory phrase for the character: 龙

龙

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Meaning

dragon, snake (on the menu), imperial

Pronunciation

lóng

Explanation

Outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding) with a snake ノ (or dragon) winding around the leg.

Mnemonic


 
The outstanding person has a broken leg with a dragon.

Radicals

龙 dragontraditionally 龍
尤 outstanding, particularlyespecially




 Vocabulary

 
 
 
 
龙嵩叶 lóng sōng yè  tarragon
蛟龙 jiāo lóng  legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
龙驹凤雏 lóng jū fèng chú  handsome prodigy
 
虎踞龙蟠 hǔ jù lóng pán  lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
龙驹 lóng jū  steed; great scholar; handsome boy
 
 


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