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延

prolong
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingの.びる、の.べる、の.べ、の.ばす
JōyōGrade 6
  1. futures
  2. credit (buying)
  3. stretching
  4. total (preceding counter, unit, etc.)
  5. aggregate

Popular Usage

延期延長

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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drop (丶) · stop (止) · footprint (止) · stretch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 419

Compound words

延期えんき
postponement; deferment; adjournment
延長えんちょう
extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening; (total) length
延べのべ
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
延滞えんたい
arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment); procrastination
延命えんめい
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
遅延ちえん
delay; latency
延々えんえん
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding
蔓延るはびこる
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
まん延まんえん
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
繰り延べくりのべ
postponement
引き延ばしひきのばし
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
圧延あつえん
rolling
延寿えんじゅ
prolonging life
延焼えんしょう
spread of fire
延伸えんしん
stretching
延髄えんずい
medulla oblongata
延坪のべつぼ
total floor space (incl. all floors)
延納えんのう
deferred payment
延宝えんぽう
Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)
延寶えんぽう
Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)
延繞えんにょう
kanji "stretch" radical (radical 54)
蔓延まんえん
spread (e.g. of a disease)
圧延機あつえんき
rolling machine
圧延鋼あつえんこう
rolled steel

Additional Examples

彼は出発を延期するように提案した。
He suggested that we should put off our departure.tatoeba
彼は出発を延期することを決心した。
He decided he would put off his departure.tatoeba
延長：7.9km
Distance: 7.9 kmwiki
流路延長17km。
The length of the river is seventeen kilometers.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 延

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step