隆
hump, high, noble, prosperity
Readings
On'yomi
- リュウ
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- お
- たか
- たかし
Meaning
隆 centers on a rising, elevated state: a hump or high point, and by extension, nobility and prosperity as elevated social or economic standing.
Most common words using 隆
- 隆盛りゅうせい
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
- 隆起りゅうき
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; projection; swell
- 興隆こうりゅう
rise; prosperity
- 隆々りゅうりゅう
prosperous; flourishing; thriving
- 乾隆けんりゅう
Qianlong era (of emperor Gaozong of Qing; 1735-1796)
- 喉頭隆起こうとうりゅうき
laryngeal prominence; Adam's Apple
- 海馬状隆起かいばじょうりゅうき
hippocampus
- 筋肉隆々きんにくりゅうりゅう
muscular
- 筋骨隆々きんこつりゅうりゅう
muscular; strong-muscled
- 膨隆ぼうりゅう
swelling up
- 運勢隆々うんせいりゅうりゅう
one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination
- 隆とりゅうと
smartly (esp. dressed); stylishly; prominently
- 隆昌りゅうしょう
prosperity
- 隆替りゅうたい
rise and decline
- 隆運りゅううん
prosperity; good fortune
- 隆鼻術りゅうびじゅつ
augmentation rhinoplasty
Study
Etymology
隆 combines ⻖ (hill, mound) with a phonetic component that also suggests rising or swelling. The overall idea is a high, protruding shape, which extended to abstract elevation like nobility and prosperity.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ is a hill, and the right side 㚅 looks like a person standing tall with something rising above them. Picture a noble figure on a high hump of land, symbolizing prosperity.
Reading mnemonic
For リュウ, imagine a noble dragon (竜, りゅう) perched on a high hump: 竜 -> リュウ, and the dragon's elevated position reflects the kanji's meaning of high and noble.