Read Edit View history Discussion 郎 láng HSK4 gentleman Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound. Originally a place name for what is now Shandong province. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas láng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 郎 Simp strokes 郎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint ⻏ is a component form of 邑. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 郎 Simp strokes 郎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 郎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 314, 857 ], [ 405, 818 ], [ 423, 805 ], [ 441, 780 ] ], [ [ 244, 647 ], [ 270, 641 ], [ 406, 677 ], [ 434, 676 ], [ 459, 656 ], [ 468, 644 ], [ 438, 509 ], [ 416, 443 ], [ 419, 420 ] ], [ [ 251, 521 ], [ 261, 524 ], [ 267, 535 ], [ 309, 549 ], [ 367, 550 ] ], [ [ 257, 417 ], [ 267, 431 ], [ 384, 457 ] ], [ [ 186, 657 ], [ 214, 629 ], [ 224, 608 ], [ 230, 417 ], [ 213, 219 ], [ 218, 189 ], [ 266, 201 ], [ 392, 283 ], [ 394, 294 ] ], [ [ 384, 353 ], [ 452, 277 ], [ 465, 251 ] ], [ [ 627, 660 ], [ 649, 655 ], [ 775, 691 ], [ 793, 690 ], [ 815, 664 ], [ 735, 535 ], [ 721, 494 ], [ 733, 477 ], [ 789, 435 ], [ 833, 383 ], [ 857, 336 ], [ 863, 305 ], [ 861, 271 ], [ 846, 238 ], [ 832, 224 ], [ 706, 283 ] ], [ [ 564, 664 ], [ 597, 639 ], [ 607, 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