永

See also 氷

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

永 (radical 85 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓水 (INE), four-corner 3023₂)

1. long, perpetual, eternal, forever

Derived characters

• 泳 昹 脉

References

• KangXi: page 603, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17088
• Dae Jaweon: page 996, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1546, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C38

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Cantonese

Hanzi

永 (jyutping wing5, Yale wing5)

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Japanese

Kanji

永 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. eternity
2. long
3. lengthy

Readings

• Goon: よう (yō), from ゐゃう
• Kan’on: えい (ei), from ゑい
• Kun: ながい (nagai), とこしえに (tokoshieni)
• Nanori: え (e), と (to) のり (nori) ひさ (hisa) ひさし (hisashi)

Synonyms

• 久

References

JIS: 314A Kuten: 1742 Shift JIS: 8969 EUC-JP: B1CA Frequency: 846 Nelson: 130

New Nelson: 3031 Halpern: 1937 Halpern Learners: 1230 Heisig: 132 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3a1.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

永 (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune-Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 永

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Mandarin

Hanzi

永 (pinyin yǒng (yong3), Wade-Giles yung³)

Compounds

• 永和
• 永續

• 永生
• 永遠

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Vietnamese

Han character

永 (vĩnh, vắng, vánh, vẳng, vểnh, viếng, vảnh, vênh)