廊

láng
noun #16,435

Meanings

  1. 1 corridor; veranda; porch

Examples

HSK 4
Chángláng liǎngbiān guà mǎn le zìhuà.
Calligraphy and paintings hung all along both sides of the long corridor.
HSK 4
Wǒmen zuò zài láng xià chéngliáng.
We sat under the veranda to cool off.

Tips

culture
The most famous 廊 in China is the Long Corridor (长廊) at the Summer Palace in Beijing - a 728-meter covered walkway with over 14,000 painted scenes.

Components

radical
广 yǎn
shelter; lean-to (radical only); building (modern simplified for 廣)
广 depicts a roof leaning against a wall, an open-fronted shelter. As radical it wraps the upper-left corner and marks 廊 as a built structure - joining 庙 库 店 庭, all spaces under a roof.
phonetic
郎 láng
young man; gentleman
郎 supplies the sound láng directly. The same phonetic appears in 浪 狼 朗. A faint flavor of stately, gentlemanly bearing matches the elegant covered walkways of classical Chinese architecture - corridors fit for promenading.

Stroke Order

廊 láng