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珑

lóng

Character Traditional 瓏

What 珑 means

1. tinkling of gem-pendants

Words containing 珑

• 玲珑líng lóng(onomatopoeia) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine
• 小巧玲珑xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng(idiom) dainty; delicate; exquisite
• 玲珑剔透líng lóng tī tòuexquisitely made; very clever
• 八面玲珑bā miàn líng lóngbe smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

Characters built on 龙

These share the phonetic component 龙 (lóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 笼lóngenclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 聋lóngdeaf
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong

Characters that look like 珑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 舰jiànwarship
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 觊jìto covet; to long for

Sounds the same

Read lóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 龙Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 隆grand; intense; prosperous
• 笼enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 咙used in 喉咙
• 聋deaf
• 泷rapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)
• 胧used in 朦胧
• 窿cavity; hole
• 茏Polygonum posumbu
• 砻(dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill)…
• 眬used in 蒙眬
• 巃steep; precipitous (of mountain)