lǎng
adjective #4,037

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 1
Lǎngdú
to read aloud
HSK 1
Kāilǎng
open and clear; cheerful

Tips

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

Components

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

Stroke Order

lǎng