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長

long
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingなが.い、おさ
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. longRtK
    彼は風の音に耳を澄ましながら、長い間座っていた。He sat for a long time, listening to the sound of the wind.tatoeba
    彼は彼女に長い手紙を書いたが、出さなかった。He wrote her a long letter, which he didn't mail.tatoeba
  2. leader
  3. senior
  4. superior
  1. elder
  2. merit

Synonyms

短

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)
本居宣長もとおりのりなが
Motoori Norinaga (1730–1801), Edo-period scholar who named the aesthetic idea of mono no aware.
長野ながの
Nagano Prefecture
成長するせいちょうする
to grow
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

On Reading Examples

長官は彼に全権を委任した。ちょうかん
The governor invested him with full authority.tatoeba
駐車スペースを白いラインで囲み、「学寮長専用」という掲示板が立っている。ちょう
There were white lines around it, and it had a notice saying, "Reserved for Head of College."tatoeba
笑いは百薬の長。ちょう
Laughter is the best medicine.tatoeba
共和国とは王や王女でなく大統領が長となる国家である。ちょう
A republic is a nation whose head is not a king or queen, but a president.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

今日は長居できないんだ。ながい
I can't stay long today.tatoeba
悪いけど、長居できないんだ。ながい
Sorry, but I can't stay long.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は百万長者であるようなふりをした。
He made believe that he was a millionaire.tatoeba
彼は彼女と同じ身長だ。
He is as tall as she.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 長

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