長 — long, chief, leader

ながい長 long

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes size

U+9577 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #12 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1921 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #168

Meanings

long
chief
leader
senior

word

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).

長(なが) い nagai long 長(なが) 年(ねん) naganen long years 長(なが) 野(の) nagano Nagano (prefecture) 長(なが) 々 naganaga at great length 長(なが) 生(い) き nagaiki longevity 長(なが) 引(び) く nagabiku to be prolonged 細(ほそ) 長(なが) hosonaga long and thin 信(のぶ) 長(なが) nobunaga Nobunaga (given name)

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

長(ちょう) chou chief 社(しゃ) 長(ちょう) shachou company president 会(かい) 長(ちょう) kaichou chairman 市(し) 長(ちょう) shichou mayor 店(てん) 長(ちょう) tenchou store manager 長(ちょう) 時(じ) 間(かん) choujikan long time 長(ちょう) 男(なん) chounan eldest son 学(がく) 長(ちょう) gakuchou university president

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

長谷川(はせがわ) hasegawa Hasegawa

Stroke order

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Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (2)

ちょう帳 notebook ちょう張 lengthen

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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.

#168 長 long