朗

lǎng
adjective #4,037

Meanings

  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 bright
  3. 3 loud and clear

Examples

HSK 3
Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen dàshēng lǎngdú kèwén.
The teacher asked us to read the text aloud.
HSK 3
Jīntiān tiānqì qínglǎng, wǒmen qù gōngyuán ba.
The weather is clear and sunny today, let's go to the park.

Tips

memory
良 (good) + 月 (moon) - a bright, clear moonlit night

Components

radical
月 yuè
moon (radical)
Right radical 月 - the moon itself, here the actual celestial moon (NOT the look-alike ⺼ meat radical). The moon is the source of brightness in 朗: the character paints a clear moonlit sky, hence 朗 means clear, bright, by extension cheerful (开朗, 朗读).
phonetic
良 liáng
good, fine (phonetic)
Left side 良 - supplies the sound (liáng drifted to lǎng) and a complementary meaning. 良 means 'good, fine,' and a clear bright moon is a good moon. Drawn here in a 6-stroke contraction of standalone 7-stroke 良 (the bottom dot absorbed). A good clear moon = bright.

Stroke Order

朗 lǎng