久 — kanji meaning “long time”
久
long time, old story
- Meanings
- long time, old story
- On'yomi
- キュウ (kyuu)、ク (ku)
- Kun'yomi
- ひさ.しい
- Name readings
- きゅ、わ、なが、ひさ、ひさし
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #688 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 4
- Chinese reading
- jiǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 久
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 久しぶり | ひさしぶり hisashiburi | a long time (since the last time); first in a long time |
| 永久 | えいきゅう eikyuu | eternity; permanence; perpetuity |
| 久々 | ひさびさ hisabisa | (in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago) |
| 耐久 | たいきゅう taikyuu | endurance; persistence |
| 恒久 | こうきゅう koukyuu | permanence; perpetuity |
| 久しい | ひさしい hisashii | long (time that has passed); old (story) |
| 悠久 | ゆうきゅう yuukyuu | eternal; everlasting; perpetual |
| 持久 | じきゅう jikyuu | endurance; persistence |
| 半永久 | はんえいきゅう han'eikyuu | semipermanence |
| 長久 | ちょうきゅう choukyuu | permanence; perpetuity |
| 永久 | とわ towa | eternity; perpetuity; permanence |
| 久しく | ひさしく hisashiku | for a long time; for ages; for a good while |
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