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Meanings

  1. 1 (in 琅琊) a place name, as in Mount Langya

Examples

琅琊山安徽滁州
Lángyáshān zài Ānhuī Chúzhōu.
Mount Langya is in Chuzhou, Anhui province.
热播剧琅琊榜琅琊榜》。
Rèbōjù 《 Lángyábǎng 》 yòu míng 《 Lángyábǎng 》.
The hit drama Nirvana in Fire is also called The List of Langya.

Tips

usage
is a bound place-name character, used only in 琅琊 (a historic region and mountain in Shandong and Anhui). It also appears in the variant written form 瑯琊, with a slightly different left side.

Components

radical
wáng
jade radical
On the left this is the jade radical (the side form of ), not 'king'. It marks the character's link to jade-like stone, fitting the related sense 'stone resembling jade'.
phonetic
xié
evil; aslant
Provides the sound, read on its own and shifted to yá here. It serves only as the phonetic cue.

In Pop Culture

琅琊榜 Lángyábǎng
Nirvana in Fire
Acclaimed 2015 Chinese historical drama. Its title borrows the place name 琅琊, a region steeped in classical literary prestige.

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