朗

朗 U+6717, 朗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6717
← 朖
[U+6716] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朘 →
[U+6718]

朗 U+F929, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F929
← 廊
[U+F928] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 浪 →
[U+F92A]
朗 U+FA92, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA92
← 晴
[U+FA91] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 望 →
[U+FA93]
朗 U+2F8D8, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D8
← 䏙
[U+2F8D7] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 望 →
[U+2F8D9]

Translingual

Han character

朗 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈月 (IIB), four-corner 37720)

Derived characters
  • 𠻴, 㙟, 𢠯, 𪮡, 𣼽, 樃, 𤎜, 𤨡, 𦄺, 𫆍, 𬡨, 𠓇, 𨅉, 𡂯, 𫻠, 𬂆, 蓢, 𢀬, 𬕨, 𩅜, 𩡜, 塱, 㮾

References

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 朗
alternative forms
 
朖
㫰
誏／𬣼
朤
𣊧
朖
㫰
誏／𬣼
朤
𣊧
𣍷

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
剆 *raːl, *raːlʔ
郎 *raːŋ
稂 *raːŋ
桹 *raːŋ
鋃 *raːŋ
硠 *raːŋ
浪 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋 *raːŋ, *raŋ
琅 *raːŋ
狼 *raːŋ
欴 *raːŋ
踉 *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆 *raːŋ
駺 *raːŋ
躴 *raːŋ
筤 *raːŋ
閬 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴 *raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈 *raːŋ
廊 *raːŋ
榔 *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂 *raːŋ
瑯 *raːŋ
朗 *raːŋʔ
朖 *raːŋʔ
誏 *raːŋʔ
俍 *raːŋʔ
崀 *raːŋʔ
埌 *raːŋs
蒗 *raːŋs
娘 *naŋ
良 *raŋ
粮 *raŋ
悢 *raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raːŋʔ) : phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ) + semantic 月 (“moon”)

Etymology

Areal etymon. Compare Khmer រង (rɔɔng, “be light, bright, become clear, clarify”), Old Mon to glitter (ˀaråṅ), Burmese ရောင် (raung, “brightness”), အရောင် (a.raung, “appearance, colour, luster”). Possibly related to 亮 (OC raŋh). (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • láng/lang - vernacular;
  • lóng - literary.
Rime
Character 朗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧黨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /laŋX/
Li
Rong		 /lɑŋX/
Wang
Li		 /lɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 long5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 朗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lǎng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ langX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k.rˁaŋʔ/
English bright

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 朗
Reading # 1/1
No. 8034
Phonetic
component		 良
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 朗
Old
Chinese		 /*raːŋʔ/

Definitions

朗

  1. clear; bright
  2. loud and clear
    朗讀／朗读  ―  lǎngdú  ―  to read aloud
  3. (literary) understanding; enlightened

Compounds
  • 清朗 (qīnglǎng)
  • 燎朗
  • 爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng)
  • 白朗峰
  • 目若朗星
  • 眉清目朗
  • 硬朗 (yìnglang)
  • 科朗 (kēlǎng)
  • 豁朗
  • 通朗
  • 高朗
  • 勃朗運動／勃朗运动 (Bólǎng yùndòng)
  • 天朗氣清／天朗气清
  • 天清氣朗／天清气朗
  • 布朗運動／布朗运动 (Bùlǎng yùndòng)
  • 書聲朗朗／书声朗朗
  • 月朗風清／月朗风清
  • 朗巴兒／朗巴儿
  • 朗暢／朗畅
  • 朗月清風／朗月清风
  • 朗朗雲天／朗朗云天
  • 朗朗高談／朗朗高谈
  • 朗聲／朗声 (lǎngshēng)
  • 朗誦／朗诵 (lǎngsòng)
  • 朗誦詩／朗诵诗
  • 朗誦調／朗诵调
  • 朗讀／朗读 (lǎngdú)
  • 朗鑒／朗鉴
  • 清風朗月／清风朗月
  • 珠穆朗瑪／珠穆朗玛 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ)
  • 白朗寧／白朗宁
  • 神清氣朗／神清气朗
  • 秦庭朗鏡／秦庭朗镜
  • 豁然開朗／豁然开朗 (huòránkāilǎng)
  • 軒朗／轩朗
  • 遼朗／辽朗
  • 開朗／开朗 (kāilǎng)
  • 雋朗／隽朗
  • 風恬日朗／风恬日朗
  • 風恬月朗／风恬月朗
  • 風清月朗／风清月朗
  • 高聲朗誦／高声朗诵

Japanese
Shinjitai 朗
Kyūjitai
[1]
朗
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朗󠄀
朗+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
朗󠄆
朗+&#xE0106;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
朗

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 朗)

  1. (visually) bright, clear
  2. (auditorily) sonorant, clear
  3. (psychologically) merry, cheerful
  4. Used in personal names.

Readings

Compounds

References
  1. “朗”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 朗 (MC lɑŋX). Recorded as Middle Korean 랑 (lang) (Yale: lang) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation
  • (initial position)
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [na̠(ː)ŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [낭(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
  • (non-initial position)

Hanja

Wikisource 朗 (eumhun 밝을 랑 (balgeul rang), South Korea 밝을 낭 (balgeul nang))

  1. Hanja form? of 랑/낭 (“clear; bright”).

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

朗: Hán Việt readings: lãng (里(lí)黨(đảng)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
朗: Nôm readings: lẳng[1][2][3][4][5], lặng[1][2][3][4][5], rạng[1][2][3][4][5], lảng[1][2][3][4], lững[1][2][3][4], lãng[1][2][3], lửng[1][2][5], láng[1][2], lắng[1][2], sang[1][2], sáng[1][2], lựng[3][5], lẵng[1], trắng[1], rang[3], lăng[4], lứng[4]

  1. Nôm form of lặng (“calm; silent; quiet”).

References
  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Hồ (1976).
  5. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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