朗 – melodious, clear, bright

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#1374 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 朗 means melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロウ (rou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほが.らか、あき.らか (hogaraka, akiraka). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 月 (no. 74).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロウ	rou
Kun’yomi	ほが.らか	hogaraka
Kun’yomi	あき.らか	akiraka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 月 (Kangxi radical 74). Components: 月・艮.

Words using 朗

朗らかほがらかcheerful朗読ろうどくreading aloud明朗めいろうcheerful

Example sentences

彼はその詩を一本調子で朗読した。

He read the poem in a monotone.

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彼は明朗快活な青年だ。

He is a cheerful young man.

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Kanji with the same radical

月期朝有望服

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