朗

朗 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈月 (IIB), four-corner 3772₀, composition ⿰良月)

• 㙟, 樃, 塱, 㮾, 蓢

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14362
• Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2072, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6717

• Unihan data for U+F929

• Unihan data for U+FA92

• Unihan data for U+2F8D8

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːŋʔ): phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ) + semantic 月 (“moon”)

Areal etymon. Compare Khmer រង (rɔɔng, “be light, bright, become clear, clarify”), Old Mon to glitter (ˀaråṅ), Burmese ရောင် (raung, “brightness”), အရောင် (a.raung, “appearance, colour, luster”). Possibly related to 亮 (OC raŋh). (Schuessler, 2007)

朗

1. clear; bright
2. loud and clear

   朗讀／朗读  ―  lǎngdú  ―  to read aloud

3. (literary) understanding; enlightened

• “朗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 朗)

1. (visually) bright, clear
2. (auditorily) sonorant, clear
3. (psychologically) merry, cheerful
4. Used in personal names.

• Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: ほがらか (hogaraka, 朗らか, Jōyō)、あきらか (akiraka, 朗らか)、ほがら (hogara, 朗ら)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、お (o)、さえ (sae)、とき (toki)、ほがら (hogara)、ろ (ro)

• 晴(せい)朗(ろう) (seirō)

From Middle Chinese 朗 (MC langX). Recorded as Middle Korean 랑 (lang) (Yale: lang) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

• (initial position)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [낭(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
• (non-initial position)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [랑]

朗 (eumhun 밝을 랑 (balgeul rang), word-initial (South Korea) 밝을 낭 (balgeul nang))

1. hanja form^? of 랑/낭 (“clear; bright”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

朗: Hán Việt readings: lãng (里(lí)黨(đảng)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}
朗: Nôm readings: lặng^{[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}, rạng^{[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}, lẳng^{[1][2][3][4][5][7][9]}, lửng^{[1][2][4][7][8][9]}, lãng^[1][2][3][4], lảng^[1][2][3][5], lững^[1][2][3][5], lắng^[1][2][7], lựng^[3][4][9], lẩng^[7][8][9], trẫng^[7][8][9], láng^[1][2], sang^[1][2], sáng^[1][2], lăng^[4][5], lứng^[4][5], lẵng^[1], trắng^[1], rang^[3], trẩng^[8]

1. chữ Nôm form of láng
   1. used in lai láng (“profuse”)
   2. used in láng giềng (“neighbour”)
2. chữ Nôm form of lãng (“used in lãng đãng (“moving lazily and not entire visible”)”)
3. chữ Nôm form of lắng
   1. to listen attentively
   2. used in lo lắng (“to be worried; to worry; to be anxious”)
4. chữ Nôm form of lẳng
   1. used in lẳng lặng (“quietly; silently”)
   2. used in lẳng lơ (“(derogatory, usually of a woman) sexually loose; slutty; skanky”)
5. chữ Nôm form of lặng (“calm; silent; quiet”)
6. chữ Nôm form of lửng (“not absolute, definitive, conclusive or well-defined; in-between; medium”)
7. chữ Nôm form of lững
   1. used in lững lờ (“slow and leisurely; apathetic and passive”)
   2. used in lững thững (“leisurely, unhurriedly, slowly and deliberately”)
8. chữ Nôm form of rạng (“dawn; be brightened”)
9. chữ Nôm form of sang
   1. expensive, luxurious
   2. used in sửa sang (“to repair; to fix; to renovate”)
10. chữ Nôm form of sáng (“morning; bright”)
11. chữ Nôm form of trắng (“white”)