太郎 (Tàiláng) · Taro, Japanese boy's given name,…

太 "great, eldest" plus 郎 "young man". In Japan the name, read Tarō, traditionally went to the first son and 次郎 (Jirō) to the second; it also ends longer names such as Kentarō. Chinese reads all these names in Mandarin.

In Pop Culture

桃太郎 Táotàiláng

Momotarō

The Peach Boy of Japanese folklore, found inside a giant peach, who sails to Ogre Island with a dog, a monkey and a pheasant to defeat the ogres.

Stroke Order

太 tài

郎 láng

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