Moto 竜: Dragon; ImperialKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- リュウ、リョウ、ロウ
- Kun'yomi
- たつ、いせ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 154 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (リュウ・リョウ・ロウ)
- 竜りゅうdragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)
- 恐竜きょうりゅうdinosaur
- 竜王りゅうおうDragon King
- 登竜門とうりゅうもんgateway to success; opening to honours
- 竜宮りゅうぐうPalace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
- カモハシ竜カモハシりゅうduck-billed dinosaur; hadrosaur
- 三角竜さんかくりゅうtriceratops (dinosaur)
- 亢竜こうりょうdragon which has already ascended to the heavens
- 伏竜ふくりゅうsuicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
- 伏竜鳳雛ふくりょうほうすうgifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius
- 俱利迦羅竜王くりからりゅうおうDragon King Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
- 倶利迦羅竜王くりからりゅうおうDragon King Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword
- 剣竜けんりゅうstegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
- 双葉鈴木竜ふたばすずきりゅうFutabasaurus suzukii (species of plesiosaur)
- 地竜じりゅうherbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
- 堅頭竜けんとうりゅうpachycephalosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Pachycephalosauria)
- 天竜てんりゅうdeva and naga
- 天竜八部衆てんりゅうはちぶしゅうthe eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
- 守護竜しゅごりゅうguardian dragon
- 屠竜とりょうdragon-slaying
- 応竜おうりゅうYinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology
- 昇り竜のぼりりゅうrising dragon
- 昇竜しょうりゅうrising dragon; great dash
- 昇竜拳しょうりゅうけんshoryuken; uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series
- 暴君竜ぼうくんりゅうTyrannosaurus rex
- 火竜かりょうfiredrake
- 牙竜がりゅうdragon's fang
- 画竜がりょうdrawn dragon; painted dragon
- 画竜天睛がりょうてんせいfinishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
- 画竜点睛がりょうてんせいfinishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
- 登り竜のぼりりゅうrising dragon
- 盤竜目ばんりゅうもくPelycosauria (order of primitive synapsids, now considered to be paraphyletic)
- 盤竜類ばんりゅうるいpelycosaurs
- 石竜せきりゅうlizard
- 禽竜きんりゅうiguanodon
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 竜巻たつまきtornado; waterspout
Other readings
- タイ土竜タイもぐらKloss's mole (Euroscaptor klossi)
- ヨーロッパ土竜ヨーロッパもぐらEuropean mole (Talpa europaea); common mole
- 佐渡土竜さどもぐらSado mole (Mogera tokudae); Tokuda's mole
- 划竜ペーロンdragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing); races with such boats
- 剗竜ペーロンdragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing); races with such boats
- 嘴長土竜はしながもぐらlong-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
- 土竜もぐらmole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
- 土竜塚もぐらづかmolehill; mole mound
- 土竜打ちもぐらうちdriving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshougatsu)
- 姫袋土竜ひめふくろもぐらnorthern marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus)
- 姫西部土竜ひめせいぶもぐらcoast mole (Scapanus orarius); Pacific mole
- 寐竜メイロンmei long (dinosaur discovered in China)
- 尖閣土竜せんかくもぐらSenkaku mole (Mogera uchidai); Ryukyu mole
- 星鼻土竜ほしばなもぐらstar-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
- 春竜胆はるりんどうGentiana thunbergii (species of gentian)
- 東土竜あずまもぐらsmall Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
- 東部土竜とうぶもぐらeastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus); common mole
- 烏竜ウーロンoolong (tea)
- 烏竜茶ウーロンちゃoolong tea
- 爬竜はありいOkinawan dragon boat race
- 白竜ペーロンdragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing); races with such boats
- 真盤竜亜目しんはんりゅうあもくEupelycosauria (suborder of pelycosaurs)
- 石竜子とかげlizard
- 神戸土竜こうべもぐらJapanese mole (Mogera wogura); Temminck's mole
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