The kanji 長: meaning, readings and stroke order

長

Meaning: long, leader
On reading: チョウ chou
Kun reading: なが（い） nagai
Strokes: 8
Radical: 長 long, grow
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dài, người đứng đầu (trường)
Japanese: ながい。いちばんうえのひと。
Korean: 길다, 우두머리 (장)
Chinese: 长、领头人 (长)

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading

校こう長ちょう
school principal
校こう長ちょう先生の話を聞きます。
We listen to the principal's talk.

なが（い） nagai · kun reading

長ながい
long
この川はとても 長ながいです。
This river is very long.

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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.