はくりゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. 五竜の一つで西方を守護する神獣。四神の白虎に相当。白は五行説で西方の色である。
2. 白く泡立つ渓流や滝を形容したもの。
Kanji used
white
dragon
Pitch accent
くりゅう
Composed of
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook