Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji Detail for 郎 - "son, man, male"
郎
- Meaning
郎 means "son, man, male."
Man - Male; husband; son; a word for young men.
Official title - A government position in ancient China.
Place name - A place in the Lu state during the Spring and Autumn period.
Name suffix - Added to male names.
- 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
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords
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.