龖
dá

flight of a dragon

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approved by 龍龖龘𪚥167 · Mar 15, 2026, 08:41 PM

Added possible etymology and assigned components.

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

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

Components

龍
龍 Unknown component

Possibly depicts the dragon in its second position.

龍
龍 Unknown component

Possibly depicts the dragon in its first 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