Japanese symbol for “presbyterians”

長老派

ちょうろうは

Romaji: chourouha

Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians

In Japanese, presbyterians is 長老派, read ちょうろうは (chourouha).

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Meanings

n Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians

Kanji and stroke order

長

long, leader, superior

on: チョウ
kun: なが.い、おさ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

老

old man, old age, grow old

on: ロウ
kun: お.いる、ふ.ける

6 strokes · JLPT 2

派

faction, group, party

on: ハ

9 strokes · JLPT 1

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
老人	ろうじん roujin	old person; senior citizen; the aged
老後	ろうご rougo	old age
派遣	はけん haken	dispatch; despatch; deployment

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.