also: しぇんろん
Shen Long; divine dragon
A spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology, often associated with rain and water. The reading じんりゅう is less common. In modern Japanese, the term is widely recognized from the Dragon Ball series.
Shen Long is considered a sacred dragon that controls rain in Chinese mythology.
When you gather all seven Dragon Balls, Shen Long appears.
Standard kanji spelling for the mythological dragon.
Variant using the simplified 竜 for 龍.
Katakana transcription of the Chinese name, used especially in pop culture contexts like Dragon Ball.
From Chinese 神龍 (shénlóng), literally 'god/spirit dragon'. The Japanese readings しんりゅう and じんりゅう are on'yomi adaptations.