Radical 212
Radical 212, 龍, 龙, or 竜 meaning "dragon" (龍部), is one of the two of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 16 strokes. The character arose as a stylized drawing of a Chinese dragon, and refers to a version of the dragon in each East Asian culture: Chinese dragon, Lóng in Chinese Japanese dragon, Ryū or Tatsu in Japanese Korean dragon, Ryong or Yong in Korean Vietnamese dragon, Rồng in Vietnamese or Long in Sino-Vietnamese It may also refer to the Dragon as it appears in the Chinese zodiac.