長 — kanji meaning “long”
長
long, leader, superior, senior
- Meanings
- long, leader, superior, senior
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- なが.い、おさ
- Name readings
- お、おしゃ、たかし、たけ、な、は
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #12 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 168
- Chinese reading
- cháng, zhǎng — Chinese character page
Words with 長
| 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 |
| 長期 | ちょうき chouki | long-term |
| 延長 | えんちょう enchou | extension; elongation; prolongation |
| 部長 | ぶちょう buchou | head (chief, director) of a section or department |
| 議長 | ぎちょう gichou | chair; chairman; chairperson |
| 長年 | ながねん naganen | many years; a long time |
| 校長 | こうちょう kouchou | principal; head teacher; headmaster |
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