胧 (lóng): used in 朦朧|朦胧

胧 (lóng) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 朦朧|朦胧.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 月 (semantic) and 龙 (phonetic). It ranks #2657 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 胧 moon. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 肉 meat11 strokesFrequency #2657月 semantic龙 phonetic

Definitions

  1. used in 朦朧|朦胧

Etymology & Origin

胧

pictophoneticmoon

Decomposition: ⿰月龙 (layout: left-right)

Components:月semantic龙phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
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8
9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
朦胧méng lóng(literary) (of moonlight) dim
朦胧诗méng lóng shīMisty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
2
Total compounds
0
As first character
50
As last character
50
As middle character

胧 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 胧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

朦méng
0.8852,580 co-occurrences
诗shī
0.502570 co-occurrences
涩sè
0.46430 co-occurrences
雾wù
0.41942 co-occurrences
鸟niǎo
0.40296 co-occurrences
幻huàn
0.372102 co-occurrences
氛fēn
0.36730 co-occurrences
井jǐng
0.338108 co-occurrences
觉jué
0.32536 co-occurrences
沙shā
0.321132 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

了解胧字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。

le xiè lóng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .

Understanding the origin of the character "朦" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.

Character Family

肉 Radical Family — Characters sharing the meat radical

朝cháo朗lǎng朦méng期qī背bèi腐fǔ胡hú肩jiān胶jiāo能néng

Related Characters

肉ròu能néng背bèi胜shèng胸xiōng脱tuō腐fǔ肩jiān胡hú胶jiāo

Homophones — Characters pronounced lóng

咙lóng笼lóng聋lóng垄lǒng拢lǒng龙lóng隆lóng窿lóng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 胧 (lóng) mean in Chinese?
胧 (lóng) primarily means "used in 朦朧|朦胧." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2657 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 胧 and 宠?
胧 (lóng) and 宠 (chǒng) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 肉 vs 宀 (same 龙 component).
How many strokes does 胧 have?
胧 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 胧?
The radical associated with 胧 is 肉 (meat). This radical appears in many characters related to meat.
What are the components of 胧?
胧 is composed of: 月 (semantic), 龙 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰月龙 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 胧?
Common words with 胧 include: 朦胧 (méng lóng, "(literary) (of moonlight) dim"); 朦胧诗 (méng lóng shī, "Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 胧 (lóng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lóng: 咙 (used in 喉嚨|喉咙), 笼 (enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc), 聋 (deaf), 垄 (ridge between fields), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 胧 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 胧 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.