# 廊

| 廊 | U+5ECA, &#24266; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ECA |
| ← 廉 [U+5EC9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 廋 → [U+5ECB] |
| 廊 | U+F928, &#63784; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F928 |
| ← 蠟 [U+F927] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 朗 → [U+F929] |
| 廊 | U+2F88E, &#194702; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F88E |
| ← 庶 [U+2F88D] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 𪎒 → [U+2F88F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

廊 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈戈中 (IIIL), four-corner 0022$_7$, composition ⿸广郎(GHTJ) or ⿸广郞(KV))

#### Derived characters

* 𭏱

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 349, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9437
* Dae Jaweon: page 660, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 890, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5ECA
* Unihan data for U+F928
* Unihan data for U+2F88E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 廊 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 剆 | *raːl, *raːlʔ |
| 郎 | *raːŋ |
| 稂 | *raːŋ |
| 桹 | *raːŋ |
| 鋃 | *raːŋ |
| 硠 | *raːŋ |
| 浪 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 蜋 | *raːŋ, *raŋ |
| 琅 | *raːŋ |
| 狼 | *raːŋ |
| 欴 | *raːŋ |
| 踉 | *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs |
| 莨 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 艆 | *raːŋ |
| 駺 | *raːŋ |
| 躴 | *raːŋ |
| 筤 | *raːŋ |
| 閬 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 哴 | *raːŋ, *raŋs |
| 蓈 | *raːŋ |
| 廊 | *raːŋ |
| 榔 | *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ |
| 螂 | *raːŋ |
| 瑯 | *raːŋ |
| 朗 | *raːŋʔ |
| 朖 | *raːŋʔ |
| 誏 | *raːŋʔ |
| 俍 | *raːŋʔ |
| 崀 | *raːŋʔ |
| 埌 | *raːŋs |
| 蒗 | *raːŋs |
| 娘 | *naŋ |
| 良 | *raŋ |
| 粮 | *raŋ |
| 悢 | *raŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːŋ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 郎 (OC *raːŋ).
良 may be the original form of this character, see there for more.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): láng (lang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): long$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): long$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: láng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: láng
*** Wade–Giles: lang$^2$
*** Yale: láng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
*** Palladius: лан (lan)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: long$^4$
*** Yale: lòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: long$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: long$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: long$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔŋ²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lòng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ouŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
*** Tâi-lô: lông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng
*** Sinological IPA : /laŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: lang
Rime :
| Character | 廊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 魯當切 |
| Baxter | lang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /laŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /lɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /lɑŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | láng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | long$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 廊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | láng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]ˁaŋ/ |
| English | side-gallery |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 廊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8030 |
| Phonetic component | 良 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 郎 |
| Old Chinese | /*raːŋ/ |
| Notes | 良轉註字 |

#### Definitions

廊
* covered corridor
* porch; veranda

#### Compounds

* 屧廊
* 廊子 (lángzi)
* 廊廟／廊庙
* 廊廡／廊庑 (lángwǔ)
* 廊廟器／廊庙器
* 廊廟宰／廊庙宰
* 廊廟材／廊庙材
* 廊簷／廊檐 (lángyán)
* 廊腰
* 廊道 (lángdào)
* 廊院
* 廟廊之彥／庙廊之彦
* 抄手遊廊／抄手游廊
* 拱廊 (gǒngláng)
* 柱廊
* 檐廊 (yánláng)
* 步廊
* 波蘭走廊／波兰走廊
* 河西走廊 (Héxī Zǒuláng)
* 畫廊／画廊 (huàláng)
* 空中走廊
* 穿廊
* 藝廊／艺廊 (yìláng)
* 走廊 (zǒuláng)
* 超手遊廊／超手游廊
* 迴廊／回廊 (huíláng)
* 遊廊／游廊
* 遼西走廊／辽西走廊
* 酒廊
* 長廊／长廊 (chángláng)
* 響屧廊／响屧廊
* 髮廊／发廊 (fàláng)

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lóng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng
*** Tâi-lô: lóng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lorng
*** IPA (Singapore): /lɔŋ⁴²/

#### Definitions

廊
* (Singapore Hokkien) workshop; atelier (place where goods are made or repaired)

##### Synonyms

* 作坊
* 工作坊 (gōngzuòfáng)
* 工場／工场 (gōngchǎng)
* 廊頭／廊头 (Singapore Hokkien)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 廊 |
| Kyūjitai | 廊 &#xF928; or 廊+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 廊󠄁 廊+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 廊󠄄 廊+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 廊)
* corridor, passage

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)
* Kun: わたどの (watadono, 廊)

#### Compounds

* 画(が)廊(ろう) (garō, “gallery”)
* 歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō, “corridor; platform”)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 廊
* ろう Grade: S
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 廊 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 廊 (MC lang, “side-gallery”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ろー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɾo̞ː]

### Noun

廊(ろう) • (rō)
* corridor

### References

* ↑ “廊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

廊 (eumhun 복도 랑 (bokdo rang), word-initial (South Korea) 복도 낭 (bokdo nang))
* hanja form of 랑/낭 (“corridor, porch, veranda”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

廊: Hán Nôm readings: lang, láng, làng, sang
* village

#### Usage notes

* Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for village is làng.
* This character only means village in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning. The Chinese word for village is 村.