榔
Information about character(s)
Radical: 木Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Pronunciation
Pinyin: láng, lǎngCantonese: long4
JapaneseOn: ROU
Korean: LANG
Vietnamese: tóm lang
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: betel-nut treeCE-Dict: tall tree (archaic)
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a betel palm
2.a betel nut
康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】 榔
【唐韻】魯當切【集韻】【韻會】盧當切【正韻】魯堂切,𠀤音郞。㯽榔也。【本草圖經】㯽榔生南海及嶺外州郡,大如桄桹,高五七丈,正直無枝,皮似靑桐,節如桂竹,葉生木巓,似楯頭,又似芭蕉。實作房,從葉中出,一房數百,狀如雞子。又云:尖長而有紫文者名㯽,圓而矮者名榔。㯽力小,榔力大。陶弘景云:向陽者曰㯽榔,向隂者曰大腹子。 又【唐韻】盧黨切,音朗。木名。○按《左思·吳·蜀都賦》㯽榔桄榔皆作榔。《正字通》云皆从良。或單作郞。今从《廣韻》分。