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長 Definition

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Translingual

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traditional

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – originally long hair; compare .

Unrelated to visually similar , and notably does not have a diagonal stroke at lower left.

Han character

長 (radical 168 +0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸一女 (SMV), four-corner 71732)

  1. long
  2. length
  3. excel in
  4. leader / master / chief

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Descendants

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Cantonese

Hanzi

長 (simplified , Yale cheung4, jeung2)


Japanese

Kanji

長 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Noun

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō)

  1. chief; head (of an organization)

Compounds

  • 長歌 (ちょうか, chōka)
  • 長句 (ちょうく, chōku)
  • 長躯 (ちょうく, chōku)
  • 長兄 (ちょうけい, chōkei)
  • 長子 (ちょうし, chōshi)
  • 長女 (ちょうじょ, chōjo)
  • 長上 (ちょうじょう, chōjō)
  • 長調 (ちょうちょう, chōchō)
  • 長短 (ちょうたん, chōtan)
  • 長夜 (ちょうや, chōya)
  • 長老 (ちょうろう, chōrō)
  • 長唄 (ながうた, nagauta)
  • 院長 (いんちょう, inchō)
  • 延長 (えんちょう, enchō)
  • 課長 (かちょう, kachō)
  • 会長 (かいちょう, kaichō)
  • 学長 (がくちょう, gakuchō)
  • 係長 (かかりちょう, kakarichō)
  • 楽長 (がくちょう, gakuchō)
  • 機長 (きちょう, kichō)
  • 組長 (くみちょう, kumichō)
  • 市長 (しちょう, sichō)
  • 社長 (しゃちょう, shachō)
  • 船長 (せんちょう, senchō)
  • 村長 (そんちょう, sonchō)
  • 町長 (ちょうちょう, chōchō)
  • 店長 (てんちょう, tenchō)
  • 班長 (はんちょう, hanchō)
  • 番長 (ばんちょう, banchō)
  • 部長 (ぶちょう, buchō)
  • 霊長 (れいちょう, reichō)

Proper noun

長 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

  1. A male given name

Suffix

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji -chō)

  1. head, chief, leader

Korean

Hanja

Eumhun:


Mandarin

Hanzi

長 (simplified , pinyin cháng (chang2), zhǎng (zhang3), zhàng (zhang4), Wade-Giles ch'ang2, chang3, chang4)

Compounds


Vietnamese

Han character

長 (tràng, trường, trướng, trưởng)

Readings

References

 

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