朗 (long5 | lang3) : bright; clear

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朗

long5

lang3

[1] bright; clear; light; distinct
[2] (of sound) loud and clear; resonant; sonorous

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 月 (#74)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

朗

This word has been viewed 7900 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Nov 2010 04:47

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特朗普 dak6 long5 pou2 te4 lang3 pu3 = Trump

伊朗 ji1 long5 yi1 lang3 = Iran

晴朗 cing4 long5 qing2 lang3 = clear (skies); cloudless; fine; sunny

元朗 jyun4 long5 yuan2 lang3 = Yuen Long

朗讀 long5 duk6 lang3 du2 = to recite

開朗 hoi1 long5 kai1 lang3 = [adj] well lit; suddenly become bright and clear; carefree; without worry

朗誦 long5 zung6 lang3 song4 = [v] read aloud with expression; recite; declaim

明朗 ming4 long5 ming2 lang3 = bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful

硬朗 ngaang6 long5 ying4 lang3 = hale and hearty; in good health 國

豁然開朗 kut3 jin4 hoi1 long5 huo4 ran2 kai1 lang3 = to suddenly realize; to suddenly be enlightened
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 27 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 朗
Unicode code for this character: U+6717 (off-site link)

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