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KanjiN1Grade 6 · 小610 strokesRadical 月

朗 · melodious, clear

朗 is a kanji meaning melodious, clear, bright, serene. It has 10 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ロウrō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • ほがらかhogaraka
  • あきらかakiraka

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 朗 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 朗
WordReadingMeaningLevel
朗らかほがらかbright, cheerful, melodiousN2
朗らか(な)ほがらかcheerful, merry bright (sky, day, etc.), fine, clearN2
朗読ろうどくreading aloud, recitationN1
明朗めいろうbright, clear, cheerfulN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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