竜 = 立 + 电

竜 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dragon”. It is built from 立 (stand up) and 电 (eel). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 575. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: dragon
RTK frame: 575
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): リュウ, リョウ, ロウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): たつ, いせ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: дракон
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 竜 dragon

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 竜

How to find 竜 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stand up” + “eel”. 竜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 竜 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.