郎 — son, counter for sons

ろう郎 son

ろう

U+90CE Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #569 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1995 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

son
counter for sons

Readings

On'yomi: ろう rou りょう ryou
Kun'yomi: おとこ otoko

word

ろう rou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

郎(ろう) rou son 太(た) 郎(ろう) tarou Taro (male given name) 一(いち) 郎(ろう) ichirou Ichiro (given name) 三(さぶ) 郎(ろう) saburou Saburou (given name) 野(や) 郎(ろう) yarou guy 次(じ) 郎(ろう) jirou Jiro (given name) 純(じゅん) 一(いち) 郎(ろう) junichirou Junichiro (given name) 二(じ) 郎(ろう) jirou Jiro (male name)

Words by frequency and grade

12 words

Each dot is a word containing 郎: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

よい良 good

邑 city

Used as component in (1)

ろう廊 corridor

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#163 邑 city