flight of a dragon

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approved by 龍龖龘𪚥167 · Mar 21, 2026, 10:23 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 22, 2026, 12:42 PM

Corrected stroke order and improved character balance(?)

Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Likely a pictograph of the appearance of a dragon flying, or moving from one side to the other, depicted by showing a dragon in two positions.

Components

IconicUnknown component

Possibly depicts the dragon in its first position.

IconicUnknown component

Possibly depicts the dragon in its second position.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯːb

說文解字

《說文》:“龖,飛龍也。从二龍。讀若沓。”

Sources

Character origin
zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica