久

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Descendants 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 References 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] 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

[edit] Descendants

• く
• ク

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

久 (Yale gau2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

久 (grade 5 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

• 久遠
• 久懐
• 久慈目
• 久方
• 久闊, 久濶

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

久
Eumhun:

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

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

[edit] References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 久

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

久 (cửu)