りゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of りゅう – see the following entries.

【流】3	[noun] the flow of water or something like water [noun] art forms, methods, styles, and techniques peculiar to a person or house [affix] current, flow, stream, waterflow [affix] flowing, washing [affix] spread

【竜】S

[noun] (mythology) synonym of ドラゴン (doragon): a Western dragon

[noun] (shogi, colloquial) short for 竜王 (ryūō): dragon king; a promoted 角(かく)行(ぎょう) (kakugyō, “bishop”) that has the moves of both that piece and 王(おう)将(しょう) (ōshō)/玉(ぎょく)将(しょう) (gyokushō)

[noun] a 家(か)紋(もん) (kamon, “family crest”) with a Chinese dragon design

[affix] dragon

[affix] hero

[proper noun] (astronomy) short for りゅう座 (Ryūza): the constellation Draco

[proper noun] a male given name

[proper noun] a surname

【隆】S	[proper noun] a unisex given name

(This term, りゅう (ryū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as りゅう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as りゅう.

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