朗lǎng
bright, clear, distinct. 10 strokes, radical 月, first met in HSK 5.
What 朗 is made of
良 (liáng, good) and 月 (yuè, moon).
月 carries the meaning — moon — and 良 carries the sound.
How to write 朗
Strokes 1–6 write 良, then strokes 7–10 write 月.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 朗
Words that use 朗
| 朗读 | to read aloud 指清晰响亮地诵读文字 青年在晨光下大声朗读。The young man read aloud loudly in the morning light. Lesson 450, 博览自励 · 崇礼敦厚与通济两岸 · Civic Courtesy, Diligence & Cross-River Harmony |
| 晴朗 | sunny, clear 形容天空无云、阳光明媚 今日天气晴朗万里无云。Today's weather was clear and sunny, without a cloud in sight. Lesson 471, 朗晨规治 · 勤敏笃学与惠泽人间 · Industrious Culture & Altruistic Humanity |
Characters that share the sound part 良
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 月
All 41 of them, and what the radical means, on the 月 radical page.