Japanese symbol for “lanky”
ひょろ長い
ひょろながい
Romaji: hyoronagai
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
In Japanese, lanky is ひょろ長い, read ひょろながい (hyoronagai).
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Meanings
- adj-i long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “lanky”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ひょろっと | ひょろっと hyorotto | tall and thin; long and thin; lanky |
| ひょろひょろ | ひょろひょろ hyorohyoro | lanky; spindly; slender |
| ひょろり | ひょろり hyorori | tall and thin; long and thin; lanky |
| のっぽ | のっぽ noppo | tall and thin; lanky |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成長 | せいちょう seichou | growth; development; growing up |
| 社長 | しゃちょう shachou | company president; manager; director |
| 会長 | かいちょう kaichou | president (of a society); chairman |
| 長い | ながい nagai | long (distance, length) |
| 身長 | しんちょう shinchou | height (of a person); stature |
| 市長 | しちょう shichou | mayor |
See also: Chinese symbol for “lanky”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.