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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)
ι•·ε‘Ό けょうこ

lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect)

ι•·ζœŸε…₯ι™’ けょうきにゅういん

long-term hospitalization

ζˆι•·θ·―η·š せいけょうろせん

growth path

ι•·ζœŸδΈζ³ けょうきちきょう

prolonged recession

ι•·ζ­Œ けょうか

traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven

ι«˜εΊ¦ζˆι•·θ·―η·š こうどせいけょうろせん

high-growth track

コック長 コックけょう

head chef

η›΄ι•· けょくけょう

shift supervisor

ζœ€εΉ΄ι•·θ€… さいねんけょうしゃ

oldest person

θ­°ι•·ε›½ γŽγ‘γ‚‡γ†γ“γ

host country (e.g. for a meeting)

ι˜²ζ°΄ι•·ι΄ ぼうすいγͺがぐ぀

waterproof long boots

ι•·θ·ι›’ι›»θ»Š γ‘γ‚‡γ†γγ‚‡γ‚Šγ§γ‚“γ—γ‚ƒ

long-distance train

デカ長 デカけょう

police sergeant

ι•·ζ˜₯花 けょうしゅんか

China rose (Rosa chinensis)

ι•·ε£° けょうせい

long blast of a ship's horn

ε°ιšŠι•· γ—γ‚‡γ†γŸγ„γ‘γ‚‡γ†

platoon commander

ι•·ε΄Žη΅΅ γͺγŒγ•γγˆ

Nagasaki-e

長っ細い γͺγŒγ£γ½γγ„

long and thin

η”ŸεΎ’δΌšι•· せいとかいけょう

head of the student council

ε·¦ηΎ©ι•· γ•γŽγ‘γ‚‡γ†

burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)