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ι•·
JLPT N5 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #11

Meanings

long, leader

Radicals

ι•·

Decomposition

⿱??

Etymology

Pictographic: An old man with long hair and a cane

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
6 corner bottom-to-top
7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
8 diagonal top-left-to-bottom-right
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
チョウ chou

Used in compound words

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γͺが naga

With okurigana

γŠγ• osa

Words Using This Kanji

838 words total
Other (20 words)
長打 けょうだ

long hit

ι•·ζ±Ÿ けょうこう

Yangtze River (China)

ι•·ε‘½ けょうめい

long life

長針 けょうしん

long hand

η΅ŒζΈˆζˆι•·ηŽ‡ γ‘γ„γ–γ„γ›γ„γ‘γ‚‡γ†γ‚Šγ€

rate of economic growth

ι•·ηŸ³ けょうせき

feldspar

総務部長 そうむぢけょう

chief of the general affairs department (bureau)

葆議陒議長 γ—γ‚…γ†γŽγ„γ‚“γŽγ‘γ‚‡γ†

speaker of the lower house

ι•·ζŸ„ γͺがえ

long handle

ε°Ύι•·ηŒΏ おγͺγŒγ–γ‚‹

cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)

η™½ι•·ι ˆι―¨ しろγͺγŒγ™γγ˜γ‚‰

blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

ζΆˆι•· しょうけょう

prosperity and decay

η½²ι•· しょけょう

chief (of police)

ε‘Ύι•· γ˜γ‚…γγ‘γ‚‡γ†

principal of a private school

ζœ€ι•· さいけょう

longest

ζ”―εΊ—ι•· してんけょう

branch manager

長尾颏 γͺγŒγŠγ©γ‚Š

long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)

ι•·ε€œ けょうや

long night

ζ£Ÿε‰²ι•·ε±‹ γ‚€γ­γ‚γ‚ŠγͺγŒγ‚„

terraced or partitioned housing structure

ε„„δΈ‡ι•·θ€… γŠγγΎγ‚“γ‘γ‚‡γ†γ˜γ‚ƒ

billionaire