Zi:龍
龍(S龙) [lóng] dragon; 恐龍 kǒnglóng dinosaur; (radical 212, 龍部) [chǒng] 寵 [máng] (!尨) 杂色; (HDC:) 龍鵄, 龍雞, 龍勒
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹lóng* 龙[龍] {B} n. ①dragon ②Surname ◆b.f. ①imperial ►lóngpáo 龙袍 ②dinosaur ►kǒnglóng 恐龙
HDZ: 龍 : lóng : (SW: 鱗蟲之長, 能幽能明, 能細能巨, 能短能長, 春分而登天, 秋分而潛淵) (传说) 神异动物, 身长, 有鳞爪, 能兴云降雨; 封建君主、皇帝的象征; 英雄才骏; (生肖) 鼠; 长形像龍的 (水龙, 火龙, 一条龙, 车水马龙); 龙形的花纹; 骏马; (星名) 东方七宿 (苍龙), 岁星, 大岁; (官名); …积雨云; …山势; (古) 炼丹术水/汞; 龙泉剑, 精良的剑; 萌; 通; 和; (水草名) 蘢: 荭草; 寵 (chǒng); (古地名); 壟 (lǒng); (姓); cf. 龍/聾𩑂 (GY) • máng : 尨: 杂色
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form 龙:) The simple-form character 龙 (5 strokes) is an old abbrev. of the full-form character 龍 (16 strokes), omitting the left-side part 𦚏 (9 strokes), and replacing the right-side part (7 strokes) with 龙, which is an abbrev. of 尨 (7 strokes).
The full-form character 龍, later wr. 㡣 (with 帝 on the left instead of 𦚏), was also wr. 𢅛 (with 尨 on the right instead of ); such forms 㡣/𢅛 (16 strokes) eventually lead to the simple form 龙; cf. 庞/龐(), formerly also wr. 厖().
The Shuōwén Seal form of 龍() lóng ‘dragon’ is said to combine 月(肉 ròu) ‘meat/flesh’ (as in 能), with a shape () like 飛() fēi ‘fly’ (abbrev.), and 童() tóng (abbrev. phonosemantic); the long scaly beast, able to change its color from dark to light, able to become thin or thick, short or long, at the spring equinox soars up into the heavens, and at the fall equinox plunges down into the depths.
Note: 龍 lóng ‘dragon’, the pure embodiment of the 阳 yáng ‘male/light principle’ (⚊), rises up in ☳ (辰), plunges deep in ☵ (坎), turns back down to earth in ☶ (艮), and rules all three realms in ☰ (乾).
Compare: 詟/讋(𧮩𪚥) zhé ‘speak breathlessly (in terror/exasperation/frustration); speak too much (about taboo/etc. subjects)’.
“[龍] The dragon. When it ascends to heaven and flies, it rains; when it hides in the wells, there is a drought. Vapors and clouds personified.” —Wieger.
Older graphs associated with 龍 are said to be pictographs depicting a dragon, with a part like 𨐋(䇂) as in 童() atop the dragon's head (representing horns/crest/wings), with a part like 月/肉 representing the teeth/jaws of the beast, and with a curved snake-like body; the dragon's terrible jaws suggest the old form 𠚕(𠚒𦥒) of 齿/齒() chǐ ‘teeth’.
Compare: 尨() ‘shaggy dog’; 犬() quǎn ‘dog’; 尤() yóu ‘distinctive/prominent/outstanding’ (尤其).
Compare: 庞/龐(), formerly also wr. 厖(), with 尨.
Compare: 能() néng/xióng, 熊() xióng ‘a bear’.
►references: Karlgren:GSR1193a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:7.4803.1; Mathews:4258; Guǎngyùn:034.19; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1536.33; EDOC:1
►components: 𦚏立月
►Cantonese: luhng\
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</cdl>
<cdl char='𦚏' uni='2668F'>
<comp char='立' uni='7ACB' points='0,0 128,50' />
<comp char='月' uni='6708' variant='6' points='24,68 104,128' />
</cdl>
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<comp char='亣' uni='4EA3' variant='5' points='8,0 120,116' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
</cdl>
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<!-- 2010-03-12T00:35:23Z -->
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</cdl>
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<stroke type='d' points='54,0 68,92' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
</cdl>
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<stroke type='d' points='0,0 34,116' />
<stroke type='p' points='128,6 84,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='月' uni='6708' variant='6' points='16,4 112,128'>
<comp char='冂' uni='5182' variant='4' points='0,0 128,128' />
<comp char='二' uni='4E8C' variant='5' points='0,35 128,69' />
<!-- variant based on [U+2E9D](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='冂' uni='5182' variant='4' points='4,4 124,128' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='s' points='0,0 0,128' />
<stroke type='hzg' points='0,0 128,0 128,128 82,106' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E6DA](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='二' uni='4E8C' variant='5' points='0,4 128,124' radical='K0'>
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<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
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</cdl>
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<stroke type='h' points='0,108 98,108' head='cut' />
</cdl>
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