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Chinese symbol for “protracted”

旷日持久
kuàng rì chí jiǔ
Traditional: 曠日持久
protracted (idiom); long and drawn-out

The closest CC-CEDICT match for protracted is 旷日持久 (kuàng rì chí jiǔ), defined as: protracted (idiom); long and drawn-out.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

旷 kuàng
broad, vast, wide; empty
radical 72 ⽇ · 7 strokes
日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes
持 chí
to hold, to support, to sustain
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
久 jiǔ
long ago; a long time
radical 4 ⼃ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “protracted”

WordPinyinMeaning
持久chí jiǔlasting; enduring

Related words

Other words that share a character with 旷日持久.

WordPinyinMeaning
空旷 (空曠)kōng kuàngspacious and empty; void
旷野 (曠野)kuàng yěwilderness
心旷神怡 (心曠神怡)xīn kuàng shén yílit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
旷工 (曠工)kuàng gōngto skip work; absence without leave
旷课 (曠課)kuàng kèto play truant; to cut classes
今日jīn rìtoday
日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
支持zhī chíto be in favor of; to support
不久bù jiǔnot long (after); before too long

See also: Japanese symbol for “protracted”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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