隆
lóng
#1,398 most
frequent character
grand, intense, prosperous, to swell
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
隆 has 土 earth as the meaning part and 降 jiàng as the sound part, though the sound link is not obvious today. It first meant a bulge in the ground, then grew to swell, bulge, and prosper; lōng is a rumbling sound borrowed for its sound.
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