melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful
朗 centers on a clear, bright quality that feels pleasant and uplifting: melodious sound, serene cheerfulness, or clear brightness.
朗 combines 良 (good) with 月 (moon), suggesting the clear, bright quality of moonlight. The modern form preserves this semantic combination.
Good 良 moonlight 月 fills the scene with a clear, serene brightness that feels cheerful and melodious.
For ロウ, imagine a low, melodious hum under the bright moon: low -> ロウ, and the sound is clear and serene.
good news; happy news; glad tidings
reading aloud; recitation
cheerful; bright
cheerful; merry; sunny; melodious
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
gloominess; gloom
clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
cheerful and openhearted
upbeat and freehearted; cheerful and magnanimous
bright and brilliant
clear; fair; fine; serene
recitation; singing
recitation; chant
recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
audiobook on a CD-ROM
recital; recitation; public reading
brightness; clearness
in a clear voice