龍 — Chinese character
龍
lóng
dragon; symbol of the emperor
- Pinyin
- lóng
- Radical
- 212 ⿓ (Dragon)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 立 月
- Formation
- pictographic — A dragon facing left and bending downwards
- Simplified
- 龙
- Japanese
- 龍 as a kanji
龍 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 5 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 21 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Hexagram 1
- Hexagram 2
- Mencius 2B.10
- Mencius 3A.3
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 6A.7
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
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