廊

廊	U+5ECA, 廊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ECA

← 廉
[U+5EC9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

廋 →
[U+5ECB]

廊	U+F928, 廊 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F928

← 蠟
[U+F927]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

朗 →
[U+F929]

廊	U+2F88E, 廊 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F88E

← 庶
[U+2F88D]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

𪎒 →
[U+2F88F]

Translingual

Han character

廊 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈戈中 (IIIL), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿸广郎(GHTJ) or ⿸广郞(KV))

Derived characters

𭏱

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 349, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9437
Dae Jaweon: page 660, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 890, character 3
Unihan data for U+5ECA

Unihan data for U+F928

Unihan data for U+2F88E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		廊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 廊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
剆	raːl, raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	raːŋ, raːŋs
蜋	raːŋ, raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	raːŋ, raŋ, *raŋs
莨	raːŋ, raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	raːŋ, raːŋs
哴	raːŋ, raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	raːŋ, raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːŋ): semantic 广 + phonetic 郎 (OC *raːŋ).

良 may be the original form of this character, see there for more.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láng (lang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): long⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): long³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lòng

(Hailu, HRS): long
Eastern Min (BUC): lòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lorng² / lung² / nng² / nung²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lông

(Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láng
  - Wade–Giles: lang²
  - Yale: láng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
  - Palladius: лан (lan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: long⁴
  - Yale: lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: long³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: long^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: long²
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: long
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ouŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ló̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lorng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒŋ²⁴/
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lung²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lńg
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nŋ̍¹³/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nuŋ²⁴/

Note:

lorng2 - literary;
lung2/nng2/nung2 - vernacular.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
  - Tâi-lô: lông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: lang

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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	láng
Middle Chinese	‹ lang ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁaŋ/
English	side-gallery
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	廊
Reading #	1/1
No.	8030
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/
Notes	良轉註字

Definitions

廊

covered corridor
porch; veranda

Compounds

屧廊
廊子 (lángzi)
廊廟 / 廊庙
廊廡 / 廊庑 (lángwǔ)
廊廟器 / 廊庙器
廊廟宰 / 廊庙宰
廊廟材 / 廊庙材
廊簷 / 廊檐 (lángyán)
廊腰
廊道 (lángdào)
廊院
廟廊之彥 / 庙廊之彦
抄手遊廊 / 抄手游廊
拱廊 (gǒngláng)
柱廊
檐廊 (yánláng)
步廊
波蘭走廊 / 波兰走廊
河西走廊 (Héxī Zǒuláng)
畫廊 / 画廊 (huàláng)
空中走廊
穿廊
藝廊 / 艺廊 (yìláng)
走廊 (zǒuláng)
超手遊廊 / 超手游廊
迴廊 / 回廊 (huíláng)
遊廊 / 游廊
遼西走廊 / 辽西走廊
酒廊
長廊 / 长廊 (chángláng)
響屧廊 / 响屧廊
髮廊 / 发廊 (fàláng)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lóng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng
  - Tâi-lô: lóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lorng
  - IPA (Singapore): /lɔŋ⁴²/

Definitions

廊

(Singapore Hokkien) workshop; atelier (place where goods are made or repaired)

Synonyms

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作坊
工作坊 (gōngzuòfáng)
工場 / 工场 (gōngchǎng)
廊頭 / 廊头 (Singapore Hokkien)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “廊”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 245.

Japanese

Shinjitai	廊
Kyūjitai ^[1]	廊 `廊` or 廊+`︀`^?
	廊󠄁 廊+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	廊󠄄 廊+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

廊

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 廊)

corridor, passage

Readings

Go-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kun: わたどの (watadono, 廊)

Compounds

画(が)廊(ろう) (garō, “gallery”)
歩(ほ)廊(ろう) (horō, “corridor; platform”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
廊
ろう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 廊 (MC lang, “side-gallery”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ː]

Noun

廊(ろう) • (rō)

corridor

References

^ “廊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

廊 (eumhun 복도 랑 (bokdo rang), word-initial (South Korea) 복도 낭 (bokdo nang))

hanja form^? of 랑/낭 (“corridor, porch, veranda”)

Vietnamese

Han character

廊: Hán Nôm readings: lang, láng, làng, sang

village

Usage notes

Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for village is làng.
This character only means village in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning. The Chinese word for village is 村.

[1] “廊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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