Kanji1 / 16
龍 kanji
dragon, imperial
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
リュウリョウロウ
Kun readings
たつ
Variant forms
竜龒Words with 龍
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —臥龍unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses; reclining dragon
- —牙龍dragon's fang
- —伏龍suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
- —黒龍black dragon
- —龍魚dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon)
- —金龍golden dragon
- —龍舞dragon dance (in Chinese culture)
- —雲龍cloud dragon
- —黄龍yellow dragon
- —紅龍red dragon
- —潜龍person biding their time; heir waiting to ascend the throne; great talent yet to make their mark
- —満龍Man'ryū (chain of ramen shops)
- —神龍Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology); Shen-lung
- —雲龍型Unryū style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony
- —昇り龍rising dragon; white saddle (Helvella crispa); elfin saddle; common helvel
- —降り龍descending dragon
- —黒龍会Black Dragon Society (1901-1946); Amur River Society; Kokuryūkai
- —龍山文化Longshan culture (China, 3000-1900 BCE); Lung-shan culture; Black Pottery culture
- —産近甲龍Kyoto Sangyo University, Kindai University, Konan University and Ryukoku University (group of similarly ranked private universities in the Kansai region)
- —龍谷大学Ryukoku University