láng
noun #3,539

Meanings

  1. 1 young man
  2. 2 husband
  3. 3 official title

Examples

Xīnláng
groom; bridegroom
Lángzhōng
doctor (archaic)

Tips

usage
新郎 (groom) pairs with 新娘 (bride)

Components

radical
city; town (right-side radical)
Right-side is the city/town radical (from ) — distinct from the left-side (mound, from ). It marks as originally a place name: a town in the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn era. Same right-side in (capital), (state), (department).
phonetic
liáng
good; fine
Left supplies the sound (liáng → láng) and a strong semantic echo: 'good, fine,' fitting the laudatory readings 'young gentleman, fine man, husband.' The 6-stroke shape here is a mild contraction of standalone (7 strokes) where the final stroke merges into the right component.

Stroke Order

láng