Dragon in Chinese (Mandarin): 龙 (lóng)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 龙

• 龙 / 龍

  Dragon.

  5 strokes

Second tone, rising. Chinese dragons bring rain and good luck, and the dragon is one of the twelve zodiac animals. The dragon dance is 舞龙 (wǔlóng).

More examples with 龙

• 龙在天上飞。

  龍在天上飛。

  Lóng zài tiān shang fēi.

  The dragon flies in the sky.

• 我画了一条龙。

  我畫了一條龍。

  Wǒ huà le yì tiáo lóng.

  I drew a dragon.

How to write 龙 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: