Kanji 長 — "Long"
Here is what 長 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Long" stick.
Also means: Leader
How it is read
ちょう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
なが.い, おさ
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Straightforward — Long is long, same as the component!
- 長 Long
It's the shape of a face turned to the left with Long beautiful hair flowing in the wind.
Words that use 長
12 of 28 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 社長 しゃちょう president of a company
- 長い ながい long
- 部長 ぶちょう department manager, division manager
- 課長 かちょう section manager
- 校長 こうちょう principal, headmaster
- 成長 せいちょう growth
- 長崎 ながさき capital of Nagasaki prefecture
- 長男 ちょうなん eldest son
- 身長 しんちょう height (of body), stature
- 長引く ながびく to be prolonged, to drag on
- 長官 ちょうかん chief, (government) secretary
- 延長 えんちょう extension, prolongation
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