Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 朗々, 琅々(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. ṘO:-ṘO: [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 朗 (rou) meaning "bright, clear" or 琅 (rou) meaning "pure" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.