琅玕

Chinese

		(gem); tinkling of pendants
trad. (琅玕/瑯玕)		琅/瑯	玕
simp. (琅玕)		琅	玕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lánggān

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴ gon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lánggān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lánggan
  - Wade–Giles: lang²-kan¹
  - Yale: láng-gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langgan
  - Palladius: лангань (langanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ kän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁴ gon¹
  - Yale: lòhng gōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴ gon¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹ kɔːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: lang kan

Rime
Character	琅	玕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	魯當切	古寒切
Baxter	lang	kan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/	/kɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/	/kɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/	/kɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/	/kan/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/	/kɑn/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/	/kɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑŋ/	/kɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láng	gān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long⁴	gon¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ kaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	琅	琅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	láng	láng
Middle Chinese	‹ lang ›	‹ lang ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁaŋ/	/*[r]ˁaŋ/
English	(a kind of precious stone)	琅邪 (name of a mountain in Shāndōng)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琅	玕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8018	3572
Phonetic component	良	干
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	郎	干
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/	/*kaːn/

Noun

琅玕

(literary) pearl-like gemstone
(literary, Chinese mythology) a kind of tree bearing pearl-like fruit
(literary, figurative) bamboo of good quality
(literary, figurative) elegant writing; ornate words
(literary, figurative) fine food; delicacies
(literary, figurative) icicle

Adjective

琅玕

(literary) disorderly; chaotic