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郎 means 'husband'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 91   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Challenge set: 1    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 8    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 65 words   Used in 10420 names   Component in 7 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ロウ
Kun
   husband, man
Additional readings
On    リョウ
Kun    おとこ son, counter for sons
Name    いら   お   とう   もん   ろ   ろお
Variants
郞  
Notes
This kanji lets us in on the private lives of celebrities such as baseball player Ichiro Suzuki. When a Japanese man's name ends in -郎, it tells us about his family composition! Although 郎 has strong connections to goodness, it helps us deride men as jerks and "bad boys." On the flip side, words such as 太郎 enable us to speak of "the greatest," as in enormously tall trees.
This is a synopsis of Joy o' Kanji's in-depth essay on 郎
Components
⿰  良 good  ⻏ (邑) group  
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限 limit  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 郎 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 郎 is used 56 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
ロウ : 54 words FIND ALL
noun
1. guy; fellow; chap; buddy
noun, pronoun
2. bastard; asshole; arsehole; son of a bitch  (male term or language; derogatory; slang)
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ろ: 2 words. FIND ALL
noun
1. boy (sometimes derog.)  (archaic)
pronoun
2. you  (familiar language)
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Additional data
Henshall: 1936  Joy o' Kanji : 1936  Key to Kanji: - 

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郎
ロウ    husband, man   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
3
⻏
group   おおざと    
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