The kanji 延: meaning, readings and stroke order

延

Meaning: extend, put off
On reading: エン en
Kun reading: の（びる） nobiru、の（べる） noberu、の（ばす） nobasu
Strokes: 8
Radical: 廴 long stride
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kéo dài, hoãn (diên)
Japanese: のびる。のばす。
Korean: 늘이다, 미루다 (연)
Chinese: 延长、推迟

Readings, words and example sentences

エン en · on reading

延えん期き
putting off to a later day
雨で大会が 延えん期きになりました。
The tournament was put off because of rain.

の（びる） nobiru · kun reading

延のびる
to get longer, to be put off
工事の期間が 延のびました。
The building work took longer than planned.

の（べる） noberu · kun reading · less common

延のべる
to put off, to make later
出発を一日 延のべます。
We put off leaving by one day.

の（ばす） nobasu · kun reading

延のばす
to make longer, to put off
しめきりを一週間 延のばします。
We push the deadline back by one week.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.