Stray words removed← Previous revisionRevision as of 21:18, 20 October 2026 Line 12: Line 12: |hanja= 룡 ryong |hanja= 룡 ryong }} }} '''Radical 212''', '''龍''', '''龙''', or '''竜''' meaning '''"[[Chinese dragon|dragon]]"''' (龍部), is one of the two of the 214 [[Kangxi radical]]s that are composed of 16 [[Stroke (CJK character)|strokes]]. The character arose as a stylized drawing of a Chinese dragon,{{efn|龍: bottom left: jaws (open downwards); top left: back of head; right side: body and legs; right bottommost stroke: tail}} and refers to a version of the [[dragon]] in each [[East Asian Cultural Sphere|East Asian culture]]: '''Radical 212''', '''龍''', '''龙''', or '''竜''' meaning '''"[[Chinese dragon|dragon]]"''' (龍部), is one of the two 214 [[Kangxi radical]]s that are composed of 16 [[Stroke (CJK character)|strokes]]. The character arose as a stylized drawing of a Chinese dragon,{{efn|龍: bottom left: jaws (open downwards); top left: back of head; right side: body and legs; right bottommost stroke: tail}} and refers to a version of the [[dragon]] in each [[East Asian Cultural Sphere|East Asian culture]]: *[[Chinese dragon]], ''Lóng'' in Chinese *[[Chinese dragon]], ''Lóng'' in Chinese *[[Japanese dragon]], ''Ryū'' or ''Tatsu'' in Japanese *[[Japanese dragon]], ''Ryū'' or ''Tatsu'' in Japanese