The Chinese Radical: 龙




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Meaning
dragon    龙

Explanation traditionally 龍

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
dragon, snake (on the menu), imperial
lóng
Outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding) with a snake ノ (or dragon) winding around the leg.
The outstanding person has a broken leg with a dragon.  
HSK 5
to love, to pamper, to spoil, to favor
chǒng
Top: roof 宀, bottom: dragon, imperial 龙 (The outstanding (emphasized) 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ)
Under your roof, the imperial dragon is what you should love and favor.  
HSK 6
huge, enormous, tremendous
páng
广
Outside: building 广, inside: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ)
A building like a dragon: such huge.  
HSK 6
steam basket for dimsum 点心, cage
lóng
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ)
Made of bamboo and the fire dragon (=steam) comes through: The steam basket.  
HSK 6
to attack, to raid, invade, to inherit

Top: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ), bottom: clothes 衤/衣
If the dragon is at your clothes, it is an attack.  
HSK 6
ridge between fields, monopolize, row of crops, grave mound
lǒng
Top: dragon 龙 (The emphasized 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ), bottom: 土
Like a dragon of earth is the ridge between the fields, which is monopolizing.  
HSK 6
to gather together, collect, sum up
lǒng
Left: Hand 扌, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
(From the standpoint of a beetle) The hand resembles a dragon when it gathers.  
HSK 6
deaf
lóng
Top: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ), bottom: ear 耳
The "dragon in the ear" stands for being "deaf".  
HSK 6
throat
lóng
Left: mouth 口, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding, emphasized 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
Like the mouth of a dragon appears his throat.  
no HSK
hazy moonlight, hazy, unclear
lóng
Left: body 月, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
His body appeared like a dragon in the hazy moonlight.  
no HSK
(surname) Gōng
gōng
Top: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ), bottom: together, common 共
A dragon is together with family: Gong  
no HSK
abbr. for Gansu province 甘肃省
lǒng
Left: hill 阝, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
The hill with a dragon, in the: Ganzu Province  
no HSK
exquisite, tinkling of gem-pendants
lóng
Left: king 王, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
He is the king of the dragons, because he is exquisite.  

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