Kanji1 / 10
竜 kanji
dragon, imperial
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
リュウリョウロウ
Kun readings
たついせ
Variant forms
龍龒Words with 竜
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —竜Populardragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
- —恐竜Populardinosaur
- —竜王PopularDragon King; promoted rook
- —登竜門Populargateway to success
- —飛竜flying dragon
- —竜宮Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
- —竜骨keel (of a ship); Fossilia ossis mastodi (traditional Chinese medicine); dragon bone; longgu
- —竜座Draco (constellation); the Dragon
- —竜車imperial carriage
- —竜頭crown (of a watch); stem; canon (of a bell); something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
- —竜舟dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
- —竜神dragon god; dragon king; naga
- —竜顔Imperial countenance; face of the Emperor
- —竜虎dragon and tiger; two mighty rivals
- —魚竜ichthyosaur
- —竜脳borneol (crystalline turpenoid alcohol)
- —竜眼longan (Euphoria longana)
- —鎧竜ankylosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Ankylosauria)
- —剣竜stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
- —翼竜pterosaur