長 (ちょう) — chief, head, long

長ちょう chief

Frequency #237 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 1 character noun

chou

ちょう

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ちょう[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

chief
head
long

Explained in simple Japanese

みんなの上(うえ)にたって、ものごとをきめる人(ひと)。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ちょう長 long

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長(なが)い nagai long 成(せい)長(ちょう) seichou growth 社(しゃ)長(ちょう) shachou company president 会(かい)長(ちょう) kaichou chairman 長(ちょう)期(き) chouki long-term 長(ちょう)官(かん) choukan chief 局(きょく)長(ちょう) kyokuchou bureau director 部(ぶ)長(ちょう) buchou department head

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Meanings

Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 長 (24)

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