lóng

dragon

How it’s built

Pictograph of a dragon curled up. The simplified character 龙 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 龍.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Traditional script

Cursive script

Appears in

Characters that use 龙 as a component, most common first.

袭xíto attack 笼lóngbasket 垄lǒnggrave 拢lǒngto collect 宠chǒngto love 胧lóngblurry 聋lóngdeaf 咙lóngthroat 龚gōngto give 陇lǒnga mountain located in the Shanxi provice 珑lóngthe tinkling of jewelry 龛kānniche

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