朗
clear; bright
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,118 U+6717
How 朗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
月 (semantic, “moon”) + 良 (phonetic, liáng)
How to remember it
lucent · Heisig RSH #2513
halo + moon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 良
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 良 (liáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 良 sound component | liáng | good, virtuous, respectable |
| 浪 | làng | breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful |
| 娘 | niáng | mother; young girl; woman; wife |
| 狼 | láng | wolf |
| 粮 | liáng | food, grain, provisions |
| 酿 | niàng | to ferment, to brew |
| 琅 | láng | pure, white; carnelian |
| 踉 | liàng | to hop, to jump; hurried, urgent |
| 锒 | láng | chain, lock; ornament |
| 稂 | láng | grass; weeds |
| 莨 | làng | Japanese belladonna; Scopolia japonica |
Words containing 朗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马克斯·普朗克 | Mǎ kè sī · Pǔ lǎng kè | Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy |
| 布朗大学 | Bù lǎng Dà xué | Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 布朗克斯 | Bù lǎng kè sī | The Bronx, borough of New York City; Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx); also writt… |
| 米开朗基罗 | Mǐ kāi lǎng jī luó | Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor |
| 拉格朗日 | Lā gé lǎng rì | Lagrange (name); Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist |
| 克朗代克 | Kè lǎng dài kè | Klondike in northwest Canada |
| 布朗运动 | Bù lǎng yùn dòng | (physics) Brownian motion |
| 布朗克士 | Bù lǎng kè shì | The Bronx, borough of New York City |
| 白朗县 | Bái lǎng Xiàn | Bainang, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet |
| 普朗克常数 | Pǔ lǎng kè cháng shù | (physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ joule.seconds |
| 阿姆斯特朗 | Ā mǔ sī tè lǎng | surname Armstrong |
| 布朗族 | Bù lǎng zú | Blang ethnic group |
| 布朗尼 | bù lǎng ní | brownie (pastry) (loanword) |
| 布朗士 | Bù lǎng shì | The Bronx, borough of New York City; Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx); also writt… |
| 普朗克 | Pǔ lǎng kè | Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist |
| 元朗市 | Yuán Lǎng shì | Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island |
| 特朗普 | Tè lǎng pǔ | Donald Trump (1946–), American businessman and politician, US president 2017–2021 and 2025… |
| 达朗贝尔 | Dá lǎng bèi ěr | D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician |
| 密特朗 | Mì tè lǎng | Mitterrand |
| 埃斯特朗 | Āi sī tè lǎng | Anders Jonas Angstrom or Ångström (1814-1874), Swedish physicist |