臥が龍りゅう

Written forms

• 臥龍Usage45%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • がりゅう

    Standard kanji form; 龍 is the traditional character, 竜 is the simplified variant.

  • がりょう
• 臥竜Usage55%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • がりゅう

    Variant using the simplified kanji 竜; less common but still encountered.

  • がりょう
• がりょう

Etymology

From Chinese 臥龍 (wòlóng), literally 'reclining dragon'. The term is famously associated with Zhuge Liang, a strategist of the Three Kingdoms period, who was called 'Wòlóng' before his talents were recognized. The Japanese reading がりゅう is the on'yomi, and がりょう is a less common variant reading.