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啷

lāng
interjection

Meanings

  1. 1 clang; clatter (sound of metal or hard objects striking)

Examples

铁门哐啷一声关上了。
Tiěmén kuānglāng yì shēng guānshàng le.
The iron gate shut with a clang.
一串钥匙啷当落在地上。
Yí chuàn yàoshi lāngdāng luò zài dìshàng.
The bunch of keys clattered as they hit the floor.

Tips

usage
Pure sound-effect character, never used alone. It lives inside onomatopoeia like 哐啷 (a metallic clang) and 啷当 (a loose rattling clatter). The mouth radical signals it represents a noise.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The mouth radical 口 marks this as a sound word — a very common job for the mouth radical, which fronts onomatopoeia and noises.
phonetic
郎 láng
young man
Supplies the sound. Standalone 郎 reads láng, near the lāng of this character; it carries pronunciation only, no meaning to the clatter.

Stroke Order

啷 lāng