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郎 = 良 + ⻏

郎 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “son”. It is built from 良 (good) and ⻏ (walls). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1995. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
son
RTK frame
1995
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロウ, リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おとこ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сын, guy
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
郎 gentleman

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 良 good
  2. ⻏ walls

Characters that contain 郎

How to find 郎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “good” + “walls”. 郎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 郎 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.