久

See also 乆

Translingual

Han character

久 (radical 4 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓人 (NO), X弓人 (XNO), four-corner 2780₀)

1. long time (ago)
2. time passage, grow late

Descendants

• く
• ク

References

• KangXi: page 81, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 118
• Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 33, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E45

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Cantonese

Hanzi

久 (Yale gau2)

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Japanese

Kanji

久 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū), く (ku)
• Kun: ひさしい (久しい, hisashii)

Compounds

• 久遠
• 久懐
• 久慈目
• 久方
• 久闊, 久濶

Synonyms

• 永

Proper noun

久 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

久
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 구 (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku)

• Name (hangeul): 오랠 (revised: orael, McCune-Reischauer: orael)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 久

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

久 (pinyin jiǔ (jiu3), Wade-Giles chiu³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

久 (cửu)