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Kanji Detail for 郎 - "man, son, official title"

郎

  • Meaning

    郎 means "man, son, official title."

    1. Man - Male; husband; son; a word for young men.

    2. Official title - A government position in ancient China.

    3. Place name - A place in the Lu state during the Spring and Autumn period.

    4. Name suffix - Added to male names.

  • Words using 郎

    • 新郎 しんろう Listen bridegroom

  • Four-character idioms with 郎

    • 一族郎党 いちぞくろうとう Listen one's family and followers; one's whole clan
    • 夜郎自大 やろうじだい Listen throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations

  • Tattoo check: 郎

    • Verified meaning: man, son, official title
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つかさ, はすね, ろ, ろう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 郎

    Given names 郎(つかさ)Listen

    Surnames 郎(はすね)Listen 郎(ろ)Listen 郎(ろう)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    son; counter for sons

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    gentleman, young man; husband

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    gentleman, young man; husband

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Official title. In Qin and Han, the gentleman officials originally served as palace guards. Later, those who served in the offices were also called 尚書郎 (secretarial gentleman). As in the 侍郎 (attending gentleman) after Han, and the 郎中 (gentleman of the interior) and 員外郎 (supernumerary gentleman) after Tang. Many dynasties followed this practice. All were titles for deputy heads of central administration. Abolished only in the Republic. | An honorific for men. A wife calls her husband 郎.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    roh(ロウ) ロウ

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    otoko(おとこ) おとこ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    man official title place name son husband boy fellow guy heir lad male young man

Sentences including 郎

  • Please call me taro.

  • Jiro has not come back from new york yet.

  • He is more famous than taro.

  • Jiro doesn't have to go to school today.

  • Taro is not always here.

  • Come on , jiro.

  • Born in america , taro speaks good english.

  • Will you lend a hand , taro?

  • Taro is the most famous of the three.

  • He called me ichiro.

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