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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)
倉む長θͺΏ へんむけょうけょう

A flat major

ε»Άι•·εΎŒεŠ γˆγ‚“γ‘γ‚‡γ†γ“γ†γ―γ‚“

second half of extra time (in soccer)

ε»Άι•·ε‰εŠ γˆγ‚“γ‘γ‚‡γ†γœγ‚“γ―γ‚“

first half of extra time (in soccer)

ε³ΆζŸ„ι•· γ—γΎγˆγͺが

long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus japonicus)

θˆŒι•· γ—γŸγͺが

boastful (language)

εΊƒι•·θˆŒ γ“γ†γ‘γ‚‡γ†γœγ€

long talk

εŠζ³’ι•· はんはけょう

half wavelength

ι•·ζž けょうし

long shoot

θ§’ι•·ζ‹³ γƒ„γƒŽγƒŠγ‚¬γ‚³γƒ–γ‚·

pebble crab (Leucosia anatum)

εˆ‡γ‚ŠθΎΌγΏιšŠι•· γγ‚Šγ“γΏγŸγ„γ‘γ‚‡γ†

shock troop commander

ι•·ε£εΌζŽ‘η‚­ γ‘γ‚‡γ†γΈγγ—γγ•γ„γŸγ‚“

longwall mining

長壁法 γͺγŒγ‹γΉγ»γ†

longwall system

εˆƒι•· はけょう

length of a blade

ι•·ιŸ³θ¨˜ε· γ‘γ‚‡γ†γŠγ‚“γγ”γ†

long-vowel mark

εΎ’ι•· とけょう

unproductive growth (of a plant or tree)

ι•·εΉ΄ζœˆ けょうねんげ぀

long period of time

ζˆι•·θ¨˜ιŒ² せいけょうきろく

record of growth

瀾長什嬒 γ—γ‚ƒγ‘γ‚‡γ†γ‚Œγ„γ˜γ‚‡γ†

company president's daughter

長円归 γ‘γ‚‡γ†γˆγ‚“γ‘γ„

elliptical shape

長体 γ‘γ‚‡γ†γŸγ„

horizontally condensed type