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: 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, OC *raːŋ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 郎 (OC *raːŋ).

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láng (lang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): long⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): long³
Min Nan
(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)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁴
  - Yale: lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: long³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (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: /lɑŋ/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑŋ/
Bernard 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)
廊腰
廊道 (lángdào)
廊院
拱廊 (gǒngláng)
柱廊
檐廊 (yánláng)
步廊
河西走廊 (Héxī Zǒuláng)
空中走廊

穿廊
走廊 (zǒuláng)
酒廊
廊廟／廊庙
廊廟器／廊庙器
廊廟宰／廊庙宰
廊廟材／廊庙材
廊廡／廊庑 (lángwǔ)
廊簷／廊檐
廟廊之彥／庙廊之彦
抄手遊廊／抄手游廊

波蘭走廊／波兰走廊
畫廊／画廊 (huàláng)
藝廊／艺廊 (yìláng)
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
長廊／长廊 (chángláng)
響屧廊／响屧廊
髮廊／发廊 (fàláng)

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

(common “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
廊 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(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)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

廊 (eumhun 복도 랑 (bokdo rang), 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)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN