The kanji 朗: meaning, readings and stroke order
朗
- Meaning
- cheerful, clear
- On reading
- ロウ rou
- Kun reading
- ほが(らか) hogaraka
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 月 moon, month
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 朗
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vui tươi, sang sảng (lãng)
- Japanese
- ほがらか。こえが はっきりして いる。
- Korean
- 명랑하다, 맑다 (낭·랑)
- Chinese
- 开朗、响亮
Readings, words and example sentences
ロウ rou · on reading
朗読
reading aloud
みんなの 前で 詩を 朗読します。
I read a poem aloud in front of everyone.
ほが(らか) hogaraka · kun reading · less common
朗らか
cheerful, bright
朗らかに わらう 人です。
This person laughs in a bright, happy way.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.