郎 (láng)

young man; husband; son

How 郎 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
丨 — line
Traditional
郎
Simplified
郎 (unchanged)

Components

  • 丨 line
  • 彐 pig snout
  • 乚 second
  • 丶 dot
  • 阝 town

Common words using 郎

女郎 nǚláng
young woman; maiden; girl
二郎神 èrlángshén
Er Lang Shen
二郎腿 èrlángtuǐ
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
新郎 xīnláng
bridegroom; groom
牛郎 niúláng
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女; Altair (star)
郎君 lángjūn
my husband and master (archaic); playboy of rich family; pimp
二郎 èrláng
Er Lang Shen
令郎 lìngláng
Your esteemed son (honorific)
侍郎 shìláng
ancient official title; assistant minister
刀郎 dāoláng
Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
吊兒郎當 diàorlángdāng
sloppy
夜郎 yèláng
small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty

郎 in a sentence

今天的新郎看起來很帥。

Jīntiān de xīnláng kànqǐlái hěn shuài.

“The groom looks very handsome today.”

How common is 郎?

郎 is the 1,455th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.2% of all running text.

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