延 Kanji: Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order

Readings

On readingエン

Kun readingの.びる、の.ばす、の.べる

Jōyō Grade 6Level 30

Verbs with «延»

futures
credit (buying)
stretching
total (preceding counter, unit, etc.)
aggregate

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical廴long stride

Components

How it's built

延

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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)

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)

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

Extend; postpone. 正 + 廴 (long stride) — stretching out the journey. 延長 — extension.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 延

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