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琅

láng

Character

What 琅 means

1. jade-like stone
2. clean and white
3. tinkling of pendants

Other readings

琅 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lángused in {琅琊|Láng yá}
• lángvariant of {琅|láng}

Words starting with 琅

• 琅威理Láng Wēi lǐCaptain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水师 during…
• 琅嬛Láng huánmythical fairy realm
• 琅琊区Láng yá QūLangya, a district of Chuzhou City 滁州市
• 琅琊山Láng yá ShānMt Langya in eastern Anhui Province
• 琅琊Láng yásee 琅琊区

Words containing 琅

• 琳琅满目lín láng mǎn mù(idiom) to be a feast for the eyes; to be a cornucopia of delights…
• 挡琅dǎng láng(slang) to ask for money; to lend money
• 施琅Shī LángShi Lang (1621–1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties
• 琳琅lín lángglittering jewels
• 珐琅fà lángenamel; enamelware
• 珐琅质fà láng zhì(old) tooth enamel (still in use in Taiwan)
• 满目琳琅mǎn mù lín lángsee 琳琅满目

Characters built on 良

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

• 浪làngwave; breaker; unrestrained
• 狼lángwolf
• 锒lángchain; ornament
• 莨làngScopalia japonica maxin
• 阆lángused in 闶阆
• 稂lánggrass; weeds

Characters that look like 琅

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

• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 狼lángwolf
• 琼qióngjasper; fine jade; beautiful

Sounds the same

Read láng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 狼wolf
• 廊corridor; veranda; porch
• 郎(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 阆used in 闶阆
• 螂used in 蚂螂; used in 蜣螂; used in 螳螂
• 榔tall tree (archaic)
• 锒chain; ornament
• 嫏used in 嫏嬛
• 桹(palm)
• 筤young bamboo
• 𨱍large hammer
• 稂grass; weeds