竜

Glyph origin
Recorded as an ancient form of in the Kangxi dictionary in 1716 AD. Earlier dictionaries such as Longkan Shoujian  in 997 AD and Jiyun  in 1037 AD recorded the glyph as.

Glyph origin
From an ancient form of recorded in the Kangxi dictionary that became an official shinjitai character in 1946 listed in tōyō kanji.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  a Chinese dragon
 * : a Western dragon
 * 1)   dragon king; a promoted  that has the moves of both kakugyō and /
 * 2) a  with a Chinese dragon design
 * 1)   dragon king; a promoted  that has the moves of both kakugyō and /
 * 2) a  with a Chinese dragon design
 * 1)   dragon king; a promoted  that has the moves of both kakugyō and /
 * 2) a  with a Chinese dragon design
 * 1)   dragon king; a promoted  that has the moves of both kakugyō and /
 * 2) a  with a Chinese dragon design

Affix

 * 1) dragon
 * 2) hero
 * 3) imperial
 * 4) dinosaur

Proper noun

 * 1)   the constellation Draco

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  a Chinese dragon

Affix

 * 1) dragon
 * 2) hero
 * 3) imperial

Etymology 3
From.

Possibly from the verb.

Noun

 * 1)  a Japanese dragon