郎 láng gentleman

源How it came to be

The good block, the good grain that falls through, beside a city. A man from a place worth naming: it was a court title before it was a way to address someone.

用How it is used

• Very bound, essentially fossilized in one modern word: 新郎 xīnláng "bridegroom," always paired with 新娘 xīnniáng "bride."
• It historically meant "young gentleman" and survives in old poetry and idioms, but you won't meet it standing alone in everyday speech.

字Characters built with 郎

• 廊 corridor

词Words with 郎

• 新郎xīnlángbridegroomHSK 5