珑
lóng

a gem cut like dragon

Simplified form of 瓏. Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade
龙
龙 SoundMeaning component
lóng dragon

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

瓏 lóng a gem cut like a dragon Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩
𤣩 Meaning component
yù jade
龍
龍 SoundMeaning component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangroːŋ
Unicodelung

說文解字

《說文》：“瓏，禱旱玉，龍文。从玉，从龍。龍亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)