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胧

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used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]

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Strokes
9
Radical
肉 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
朧
Common rank
#5,089
Unicode
U+80E7

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Formation & memory

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How 胧 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

月 meaning “moon” + 龙 sound ( lóng )

Components 月 龙

How to remember it

hazy · Heisig RSH #2931

moon + 龙 dragon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 胧

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
朦胧诗 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
朦胧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 龙 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
龙 sound part lóng dragon; symbol of the emperor
笼 lóng basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
宠 chǒng to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine
拢 lǒng to collect, to bring together
聋 lóng deaf
陇 lǒng a mountain located in the Shanxi provice
垄 lǒng grave, mound; furrow, ridge
珑 lóng the tinkling of jewelry
泷 lóng raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong
茏 lóng tall grass; water-weeds
咙 lóng throat
眬 lóng faint, fuzzy, blurry
砻 lóng millstone; to grind, to mill
垅 lǒng grave, mound; furrow, ridge
栊 lóng cage, pen; grating