lóng

cage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangroːŋ
Unicodelung

說文解字

檻也。从木龍聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

lóng cage Simplified

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode