Chinese character 瓏

Use Mandarin Pinyin or the Cangjie input method. Pinyin writes Mandarin sounds with letters: enter long and choose 瓏 from traditional Chinese candidates. Simplified Chinese mode may offer 珑 instead.

Cangjie is another character-input method: enter M-G-Y-B-P. Font designs can draw 瓏 with slightly different strokes; the character itself stays the same.

What does 瓏 mean?

Its old dictionary sense is dragon-patterned jade used in a rain prayer. A Han-era entry in the Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, defines 瓏 as a jade object marked with a dragon design for praying for rain. That entry records a meaning; it does not date the character’s first appearance.

Later dictionary entries keep the jade association but show its meaning in compounds: 玲瓏 describes something fine or intricate and, of a person, clever and nimble; 瓏玲 can describe a clear, jade-like ring or a bright, lucid look. The neighboring character helps determine the meaning.

Is 瓏 the same as 珑?

珑 is the simplified Chinese form of 瓏. Choose the form that matches the script you are using.