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陇

short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]

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How 陇 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 (semantic, “place”) + 龙 (phonetic, lóng)

components: 阝龙

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 龙

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 龙 (lóng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
龙 sound component	lóng	dragon; symbol of the emperor
笼	lóng	basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
宠	chǒng	to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine
拢	lǒng	to collect, to bring together
聋	lóng	deaf
垄	lǒng	grave, mound; furrow, ridge
珑	lóng	the tinkling of jewelry
泷	lóng	raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong
胧	lóng	blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon
茏	lóng	tall grass; water-weeds
咙	lóng	throat
眬	lóng	faint, fuzzy, blurry
砻	lóng	millstone; to grind, to mill
垅	lǒng	grave, mound; furrow, ridge
栊	lóng	cage, pen; grating

Words containing 陇

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
陇海铁路	Lǒng Hǎi tiě lù	Jiangsu-Gansu railway
陇西县	Lǒng xī Xiàn	Longxi, a county in Dingxi City 定西市[Ding4 xi1 Shi4], Gansu
陇南市	Lǒng nán Shì	Longnan, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省\|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
陇川县	Lǒng chuān Xiàn	Longchuan, a county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州\|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[D…
仪陇县	Yí lǒng Xiàn	Yilong, a county in Nanchong City 南充市[Nan2 chong1 Shi4], Sichuan
陇县	Lǒng Xiàn	Long County or Longxian, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市\|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
陇海	Lǒng Hǎi	Jiangsu-Gansu railway; abbr. for 隴海鐵路\|陇海铁路[Long3 Hai3 tie3 lu4]
陇西	Lǒng xī	see 隴西縣\|陇西县[Long3 xi1 Xian4]
陇南	Lǒng nán	see 隴南市\|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4]
得陇望蜀	dé Lǒng wàng Shǔ	lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized; fig. endless greed; insatiable desire
陇川	Lǒng chuān	see 隴川縣\|陇川县[Long3 chuan1 Xian4]
仪陇	Yí lǒng	see 儀隴縣\|仪陇县[Yi2 long3 Xian4]