(làng)

HSK 310 strokes

wave

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
làng
Meaning
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵良

In this compound, the meaning comes from (water); supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

làngmàn
HSK 5

romantic

Open 浪漫 page →
liúlàng
HSK 7-9

to drift about

Open 流浪 page →
làng

see 古浪县

Open 古浪 page →
làng

Plurk (Taiwanese social networking and microblogging service)

Open 噗浪 page →
làng

billow; surge

Open 大浪 page →

to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions

Open 乘风破浪 page →

Gulang, a county in Wuwei City 武威市[Wu3 wei1 Shi4], Gansu

Open 古浪县 page →

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