KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小28 strokesRadical 長#12 in newspapers

長 · long, leader

長 is a kanji meaning long, leader, superior, senior. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

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In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 長
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
長いながい	ながい	long, lengthy	N5
課長かちょう	かちょう	section manager	N4
社長しゃちょう	しゃちょう	president of a company	N4
校長こうちょう	こうちょう	principal, headmaster	N4
部長ぶちょう	ぶちょう	department (division) manager	N4
身長しんちょう	しんちょう	height (of body), stature	N3

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More words that use 長
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
成長せいちょう	せいちょう	growth	N3
生長せいちょう	せいちょう	growth	N3
議長ぎちょう	ぎちょう	chairman	N3
長期ちょうき	ちょうき	long time period	N3
特長とくちょう	とくちょう	forte, merit	N3
延長えんちょう	えんちょう	extension, prolongation	N2
長所ちょうしょ	ちょうしょ	strong point, merit; advantage	N2
長女ちょうじょ	ちょうじょ	eldest daughter	N2
長短ちょうたん	ちょうたん	length, long and short, +-	N2
長男ちょうなん	ちょうなん	eldest son	N2
長方形ちょうほうけい	ちょうほうけい	rectangle, oblong	N2
長引くながびく	ながびく	to be prolonged, to drag on	N2
長々ながなが	ながなが	long, drawn-out, very long	N1
年長ねんちょう	ねんちょう	seniority	N1
長官ちょうかん	ちょうかん	chief, (government) secretary	N1
長編ちょうへん	ちょうへん	long (e.g., novel, film)	N1

まだ先は長い。

まださきはながい

We have a long way to go.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #195419 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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