The kanji 永: meaning, readings and stroke order
永
- Meaning
- forever, long
- On reading
- エイ ei
- Kun reading
- なが(い) nagai
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mãi mãi, lâu dài (vĩnh)
- Japanese
- いつまでも。ながい。
- Korean
- 영원히, 오래 (영)
- Chinese
- 永远、长久
Readings, words and example sentences
エイ ei · on reading
永遠
forever
永遠に 続く 友情です。
This is a friendship that will last forever.
なが(い) nagai · kun reading · less common
永い
long (in time)
永い 間 まって いました。
I waited for a long time.
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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.