Meanings
long, leader
Radicals
Decomposition
βΏ±οΌοΌ
Etymology
Pictographic: An old man with long hair and a cane
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
With okurigana
Words Using This Kanji
838 words totallengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect)
long-term hospitalization
growth path
prolonged recession
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven
high-growth track
head chef
shift supervisor
oldest person
host country (e.g. for a meeting)
waterproof long boots
long-distance train
police sergeant
China rose (Rosa chinensis)
long blast of a ship's horn
platoon commander
Nagasaki-e
long and thin
head of the student council
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)