琅
láng

a variety of white carnelian

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瑯.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
良
良 Sound component
liáng good

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlang[r]ˤaŋ(a kind of precious stone); 琅邪 (name of a mountain in Shāndōng)
Zhengzhangraːŋ
Unicodelɑng

說文解字

琅玕，似珠者。从玉良聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)