長

See also 长

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

simpl.		长
trad.		長

Alternative forms

• 镸 (when used as a radical)

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – originally long hair; compare 彡.

Unrelated to visually similar 衣, and notably does not have a diagonal stroke at lower left.

Han character

長 (radical 168 長+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸一女 (SMV), four-corner 7173₂)

1. long
2. length
3. excel in
4. leader / master / chief

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/長
• 髟

Descendants

• 长

References

• KangXi: page 1328, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41100
• Dae Jaweon: page 1829, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4050, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9577

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Cantonese

Hanzi

長 (simplified 长, jyutping coeng4, zoeng2, Yale cheung4, jeung2)

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Hakka

Hanzi

長 (POJ chhông, Guangdong tshong³, tsh'ong² [Meixian], chong³, ch'ong², chong⁵ [Hailu], tsong³, tsong⁵ [Siyan], chong³, ch'ong² [Kwangtung], tsong³ [Bao'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim cong2, zong3)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

長 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: ながい (nagai), たける (takeru), おさ (osa)

Noun

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō)

1. chief; head (of an organization)

Compounds

長歌 (ちょうか, chōka) 長句 (ちょうく, chōku) 長躯 (ちょうく, chōku) 長兄 (ちょうけい, chōkei) 長子 (ちょうし, chōshi) 長女 (ちょうじょ, chōjo) 長上 (ちょうじょう, chōjō) 長調 (ちょうちょう, chōchō) 長短 (ちょうたん, chōtan) 長夜 (ちょうや, chōya) 長老 (ちょうろう, chōrō)

長唄 (ながうた, nagauta) 院長 (いんちょう, inchō) 延長 (えんちょう, enchō) 課長 (かちょう, kachō) 会長 (かいちょう, kaichō) 学長 (がくちょう, gakuchō) 係長 (かかりちょう, kakarichō) 楽長 (がくちょう, gakuchō) 機長 (きちょう, kichō) 組長 (くみちょう, kumichō) 市長 (しちょう, sichō)

社長 (しゃちょう, shachō) 船長 (せんちょう, senchō) 村長 (そんちょう, sonchō) 町長 (ちょうちょう, chōchō) 店長 (てんちょう, tenchō) 班長 (はんちょう, hanchō) 番長 (ばんちょう, banchō) 部長 (ぶちょう, buchō) 霊長 (れいちょう, reichō)

Proper noun

長 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

Suffix

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji -chō)

1. head, chief, leader

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Korean

Hanja

長
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 장 (revised: jang, McCune-Reischauer: chang, Yale: cang)

• Name (hangeul): 길다 (revised: gilda, McCune-Reischauer: kilda, Yale: kilta)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

長 (simplified 长, pinyin cháng (chang2), zhǎng (zhang3), zhàng (zhang4), Wade-Giles ch'ang², chang³, chang⁴)

Compounds

• 長頸鹿

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Vietnamese

Han character

長 (tràng, trường, trướng, trưởng)

Readings

• Nôm: tràn, tràng, trường, trưởng

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999