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우룡

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RR: uryong (雨龍)
  1. literally "rain dragon" or rainworm, as 지룡 (地龍, jiryong, literally "earth dragon") is actually earthworm, which corrupted to Korean 지렁이 (jireong-i).
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Native Promoted
               
   
    地龍    
   
     
                 
   
雨龍
   
   

Legend
○ : one- or two-square move
― : even more than two-square move


References
  1. The chiryu (地龍, "earth dragon or earthworm") is a Japanese chess piece, which is often promoted to the uryu (雨龍, "rain dragon or rainworm") marked by free backward and sideward moves. Note that Old English wyrum for worm also meant "dragon, snake".