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長

long
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingなが.い、おさ
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

長い課長校長社長部長議長身長成長延長生長

Radicals and components

Radical長long

Mnemonic (RtK)

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hair · hairpin · safety-pin

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2070

Compound words

長いながい
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
課長かちょう
section manager; section chief
校長こうちょう
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
社長しゃちょう
company president; manager; director
部長ぶちょう
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
議長ぎちょう
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
身長しんちょう
height (of a person); stature
成長せいちょう
growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
延長えんちょう
extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening; (total) length
生長せいちょう
growth (of a plant)
医長いちょう
medical director; chief physician
院長いんちょう
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
駅長えきちょう
station master
園長えんちょう
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director
会長かいちょう
president (of a society); chairman
学長がくちょう
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
館長かんちょう
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
機長きちょう
captain (of an aircraft)
局長きょくちょう
bureau director; office chief
区長くちょう
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
係長かかりちょう
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
座長ざちょう
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
市長しちょう
mayor
次長じちょう
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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