朗 Kanji for cheerful

N1Grade 610 strokes

cheerful, melodious, clear, bright, serene

Kun: ほが.らか、あき.らか
On: ロウ

朗 is the Japanese kanji for cheerful, melodious, clear, bright, serene. It is written with 10 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is ほが.らか、あき.らか and its on reading is ロウ.

Stroke order

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Words with 朗

朗ほがらかcheerful, merry, sunny
朗ろう読どくreading aloud, recitation
明めい朗ろうcheerful, bright
朗ろう報ほうgood news, happy news, glad tidings
朗ろう詠えいrecitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

Practice 朗 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.