There are two types of Chinese characters for “dragon.”
What is a dragon?
Dragons are imaginary animals. Its body resembles a large snake, with four legs, two horns, ears, and whiskers, and its entire body is covered with scales. Legend has it that dragons live mainly in the water, but ascend to the heavens, where they generate clouds and cause rain to fall. The dragon god or dragon king is a deified version of that dragon.
kanji for “dragon”
The Chinese characters for dragon are “龍” and “竜,” but “竜” is a simplified version of “龍,” so the meaning will be the same. However, the dragon with more strokes is cooler.
last name with “Dragon”
While dragons are last names used in first names, it is rare to have a dragon in a last names.
Even in Japan, there are only a few last names with dragons.Among them, the last names with dragons are as follows.
| 安竜 | あんりゅう | anryu |
| 井竜 | いりゅう | iryu |
| 伊竜 | いりゅう | iryu |
| 安龍 | あんりゅう | anryu |
| 井龍 | いりゅう | iryu |
| 伊龍 | いりゅう | iryu |
| 猪龍 | いりょう、いりゅう | iryou,iryu |
| 雲龍 | うんりゅう | unryu |
picup「雲龍」
“雲” = cloud “龍” =dragon, and “雲龍(Cloud Dragon unryu)” is a dragon ascending on a cloud. The dragon is a dragon that rides on a cloud and ascends to heaven, and this is also what is depicted.
The ring-entering ceremony is a ritual in Japanese sumo. The ring-entering ceremony is performed in the ring by rikishi of juryo rank and above. Those performed by yokozuna are distinguished as yokozuna ring-entering, and one type of yokozuna ring-entering is the 雲龍型(unryu gata). The Unryu kata is said to have originated with Unryu, one of the ten grand yokozuna. (There are two types of yokozuna ring-entering, the other being the 不知火型shiranui gata.)
