룡

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjoŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [룡]

Sino-Korean word from 龍 (“dragon”)

룡 • (ryong) (hanja 龍)

1. (North Korea, Yanbian) dragon

• 용(龍) (yong) (South Korea)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

룡 (ryong)

1. 龍:

   (MC reading: 龍 (MC ljowng))

2. 龒: Ancient form of 龍

   (MC reading: 龒)

3. 竜: Alternative form of 龍

   (MC reading: 竜)

4. 儱:

   (MC reading: 儱 (MC ljowngH))

5. 嚨:

   (MC reading: 嚨 (MC luwng))

6. 徿:

   (MC reading: 徿)

7. 爖:

   (MC reading: 爖)

8. 矓:

   (MC reading: 矓)

9. 蠬:

   (MC reading: 蠬)

10. 襱:

    (MC reading: 襱 (MC luwng|luwngX))

11. 躘:

    (MC reading: 躘 (MC ljowng|ljowngH))

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 용 (yong) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 룡 (ryong) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙(頭音法則) (dueum beopchik).

• 용 (yong) (South Korea)

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 13. [1]
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]