# 瓏

| 瓏 | U+74CF, &#29903; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74CF |
| ← 瓎 [U+74CE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瓐 → [U+74D0] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 瓏 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𱯚 |
| Simplified | 珑 |

### Han character

瓏 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜月心 (MGYBP), four-corner 1111$_1$, composition ⿰𤣩龍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 745, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21340
* Dae Jaweon: page 1153, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1145, character 21
* Unihan data for U+74CF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 驡 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ |
| 龐 | *broːŋ |
| 瀧 | *rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ |
| 籠 | *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ |
| 豅 | *roːŋ |
| 朧 | *roːŋ, *roŋs |
| 龓 | *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ |
| 聾 | *roːŋ |
| 礱 | *roːŋ, *roːŋs |
| 嚨 | *roːŋ |
| 蘢 | *roːŋ, *roŋ |
| 櫳 | *roːŋ |
| 襱 | *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ |
| 瓏 | *roːŋ |
| 曨 | *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ |
| 鸗 | *roːŋ, *roŋ |
| 蠪 | *roːŋ |
| 巃 | *roːŋʔ |
| 竉 | *roːŋʔ |
| 攏 | *roːŋʔ |
| 儱 | *roːŋʔ, *roŋs |
| 龍 | *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ |
| 躘 | *roŋ, *roŋs |
| 隴 | *roŋʔ |
| 壠 | *roŋʔ |
| 壟 | *roŋʔ |
| 寵 | *r̥ʰoŋʔ |
| 龏 | *kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roːŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ, “dragon”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lóng (long$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lung$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông / long
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
*** Wade–Giles: lung$^2$
*** Yale: lúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
*** Palladius: лун (lun)
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lung$^4$
*** Yale: lùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
*** Tâi-lô: lông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loong
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: long
*** Tâi-lô: long
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lofng
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: luwng
Rime :
| Character | 瓏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 盧紅切 |
| Baxter | luwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /luŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /luŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 瓏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8423 |
| Phonetic component | 龍 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 籠 |
| Old Chinese | /*roːŋ/ |

### Definitions

瓏
* a kind of jade that is for requesting rain and has the figure of a Chinese dragon on it

### Compounds

* 八面玲瓏 / 八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng)
* 剔透玲瓏 / 剔透玲珑
* 四面玲瓏 / 四面玲珑
* 嬌小玲瓏 / 娇小玲珑
* 小巧玲瓏 / 小巧玲珑
* 玲瓏 / 玲珑 (línglóng)
* 玲瓏剔透 / 玲珑剔透
* 璁瓏 / 璁珑
* 瓏玲 / 珑玲
* 瓏璁 / 珑璁
* 瓏瓏 / 珑珑

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𱯚 (𱯚) |
| Kyūjitai | 瓏 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𱯚)
* clarity
* sound of jewels

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)

#### Compounds

* 八面玲瓏(はちめんれいろう) / 八面玲𱯚(はちめんれいろう) (hachimen reirō)
* 玲瓏(れいろう) / 玲𱯚(れいろう) (reirō)

## Korean
### Hanja

瓏 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

瓏: Hán Nôm readings: lung, long
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