■ radical
láng
gentleman
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound. Originally a place name for what is now Shandong province. Unrelated to current meaning.
⻏
meaning
area; city — ⻏ is a component form of 邑.
良
sound
good; fine
Appears in
Characters that use 郎 as a component, most common first.