永 — eternal, long

えい永 eternal

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+6C38 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #846 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #139 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

eternal
long

word

えい ei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

永(えい) ei eternity 永(えい) 遠(えん) eien eternity 永(えい) 久(きゅう) eikyuu eternity 永(えい) 住(じゅう) eijuu permanent residence 永(えい) 続(ぞく) eizoku permanence

なが naga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

永(なが) 田(た) nagata Nagata (surname/place name) 松(まつ) 永(なが) matsunaga Matsunaga (surname) 永(なが) 井(い) nagai Nagai (surname)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

丶 dot

みず水 water #85

Used as component in (2)

およぐ泳 swim よむ詠 recitation

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#85 水 water