攏

See also: 拢 and 𢲣

攏 U+650F, 攏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-650F ← 攎 [U+650E] CJK Unified Ideographs 攐 → [U+6510]

Translingual

Han character

攏 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 手卜月心 (QYBP), four-corner 5101₁, composition ⿰扌龍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 462, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12967
• Dae Jaweon: page 811, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1983, character 12
• Unihan data for U+650F

Chinese

trad.		攏
simp.		拢

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roːŋʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	攏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	力董切
Baxter	luwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋX/
Li Rong	/luŋX/
Wang Li	/luŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung5

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攏
Reading #	1/1
No.	8432
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曨
Old Chinese	/*roːŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lǒng (long³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nong³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lûng
• Jin (Wiktionary): lung²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lóng / lióng / láng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): long²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǒng
    • Wade–Giles: lung³
    • Yale: lǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loong
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nong³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /noŋ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁵
    • Yale: lúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /luŋ²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lung²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /luŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng
    • Tâi-lô: lóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láng
    • Tâi-lô: láng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /laŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• lóng/lióng - literary;
• láng - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: long²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: luwngX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋʔ/

Definitions

攏

1. to gather together; to collect
2. (literary, or in compounds) to approach; to draw near to

   靠攏／靠拢  ―  kàolǒng  ―  to draw close

3. to total; to add up; to amount to
4. to comb; to brush (hair, mane, etc.)
5. (archaic) to pick; to pluck (strings on an instrument)
6. (Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) all; both
7. (Sichuanese) to arrive
8. a surname, Long

Synonyms

• (to gather together):

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• 允集 (yǔnjí) (literary)
• 匯 / 汇 (huì)
• 匯總 / 汇总 (huìzǒng)
• 匯聚 / 汇聚 (huìjù)
• 匯集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
• 叢集 / 丛集 (cóngjí)
• 團聚 / 团聚 (tuánjù)
• 坌集 (bènjí) (literary)
• 委會 / 委会 (wěihuì) (literary)
• 密集 (mìjí)
• 彙集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
• 徵集 / 征集 (zhēngjí)
• 採 / 采 (cǎi)
• 採擷 / 采撷 (literary)
• 採集 / 采集 (cǎijí)
• 搜羅 / 搜罗 (sōuluó)
• 搜集 (sōují)
• 摟 / 搂 (lōu)
• 攢 / 攒 (cuán)
• 攢聚 / 攒聚 (cuánjù)
• 攢集 / 攒集 (cuánjí)
• 收羅 / 收罗 (shōuluó)
• 收錄 / 收录 (shōulù)
• 收集 (shōují)
• 會合 / 会合 (huìhé)
• 會聚 / 会聚 (huìjù)
• 會集 / 会集 (huìjí)
• 湊 / 凑 (còu)
• 湊集 / 凑集 (còují)
• 相聚 (xiāngjù)
• 籌集 / 筹集 (chóují)
• 糾合 / 纠合 (jiūhé) (literary)
• 糾集 / 纠集 (jiūjí) (derogatory)
• 群集 (qúnjí)
• 聚 (jù)
• 聚合 (jùhé)
• 聚攏 / 聚拢 (jùlǒng)
• 聚斂 / 聚敛 (jùliǎn)
• 聚會 / 聚会 (jùhuì)
• 聚集 (jùjí)
• 聚首 (jùshǒu) (formal, usually of leaders, important figures)
• 蒐集 (sōují)
• 薈萃 / 荟萃 (huìcuì) (literary)
• 蝟集 / 猬集 (wèijí) (literary)
• 調集 / 调集 (diàojí)
• 集 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 集中 (jízhōng)
• 集合 (jíhé)
• 集會 / 集会 (jíhuì)
• 集結 / 集结 (jíjié)
• 麇集 (qúnjí) (literary)

• (to approach):

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• 守 (shǒu)
• 挨 (āi)
• 挨著 / 挨着 (āizhe)
• 接觸 / 接触 (jiēchù)
• 搭倚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攏邊 / 拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 沾
• 涉獵 / 涉猎 (shèliè)
• 湊 / 凑 (còu)
• 觸及 / 触及 (chùjí)
• 近前 (jìnqián) (literary)
• 靠攏 / 靠拢 (kàolǒng)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)

• (to total):

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• 共計 / 共计 (gòngjì)
• 合計 / 合计
• 拍總 / 拍总 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 拍總算 / 拍总算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 累計 / 累计 (lěijì)
• 總計 / 总计 (zǒngjì)

• (to comb): 梳理 (shūlǐ)
• (all):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		皆, 均, 俱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		都, 全, 皆, 均, 俱
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	都, 全
	Taiwan	都
	Malaysia	都
	Singapore	都
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	都, 全
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	都
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	都, 下
	Wuhan	都, 下
	Guilin	都
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	都, 全
	Hefei	都
Cantonese	Guangzhou	都
	Hong Kong	都
	Yangjiang	都
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	都
	Singapore (Guangfu)	都
Gan	Nanchang	都
Hakka	Meixian	都
	Wuhua (Meilin)	都
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	都
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	都
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	都
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	都
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	都
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攏
Jin	Taiyuan	都, 全
Northern Min	Jian'ou	都
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	都
Southern Min	Xiamen	攏, 計, 計計
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	攏
	Quanzhou	攏, 計, 計計
	Zhangzhou	攏, 計, 計計
	Zhao'an	攏
	Dongshan	攏
	Tainan	攏
	Penang (Hokkien)	到了
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攏, 攏總, 計
	Manila (Hokkien)	攏, 攏總
	Chaozhou	攏
	Shantou	攏
	Jieyang	攏
	Singapore (Teochew)	攏
	Wenchang	都
	Qionghai	攏
	Singapore (Hainanese)	攏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	都
Wu	Shanghai	儕, 禿 obsolete
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	儕
	Shanghai (Chongming)	儕, 孩
	Suzhou	儕
	Wuxi	儕
	Nantong (Haimen)	儕, 孩, 純, 恆, 禿
	Tongxiang	儕
	Ningbo	和
	Wenzhou	沃
	Lishui	都
	Qingyuan	都
Xiang	Changsha	下, 都
	Shuangfeng	下

Dialectal synonyms of 都 (“all; both”) [map]

Compounds

• 併攏 / 并拢 (bìnglǒng)
• 匯攏 / 汇拢
• 合不攏嘴 / 合不拢嘴
• 合攏 / 合拢 (hélǒng)
• 圍攏 / 围拢 (wéilǒng)
• 套拉攏 / 套拉拢 (tào lālǒng)
• 打攏 / 打拢
• 拉攏 / 拉拢 (lālǒng)
• 拼攏 / 拼拢
• 攏係 / 拢系
• 攏共 / 拢共 (lǒnggòng)
• 攏子 / 拢子
• 攏家 / 拢家
• 攏岸 / 拢岸
• 攏帳 / 拢帐
• 攏攥 / 拢攥
• 攏統 / 拢统
• 攏絡 / 拢络
• 攏總 / 拢总 (lǒngzǒng)
• 攏船 / 拢船
• 攏身 / 拢身
• 攏頭 / 拢头
• 攛拳攏袖 / 撺拳拢袖
• 收攏 / 收拢 (shōulǒng)
• 歸攏 / 归拢 (guīlǒng)
• 湊攏 / 凑拢
• 盤攏 / 盘拢
• 聚攏 / 聚拢 (jùlǒng)
• 談不攏 / 谈不拢
• 談得攏 / 谈得拢
• 談攏 / 谈拢
• 輕攏慢撚 / 轻拢慢撚
• 逗攏 / 逗拢
• 閉攏 / 闭拢
• 集攏 / 集拢
• 靠攏 / 靠拢 (kàolǒng)
• 項攏 / 项拢 (hāng-láng)

References

• “攏”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

攏

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. collect
2. bring together

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)、る (ru)
• Kun: とる (toru)

Korean

Hanja

攏 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

1. press down
2. stroke
3. bind
4. harmonize with
5. berth, tie up
6. comb
7. soothe

Vietnamese

Han character

攏: Hán Nôm readings: long

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