長

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.3 Suffix 3.3.1 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 6.1.1 Readings 6.1.2 References

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Alternative forms

• 镸 (when used as a radical)

[edit] 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

[edit] Descendants

• Index:Chinese radical/長
• 髟

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

長 (Yale cheung4, jeung2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

長 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Noun

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō)

1. chief; head (of an organization)

[edit] Suffix

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō)

1. chief; head (of an organization)

[edit] Compounds

長歌 長句 長躯 長兄 長子 長女 長上 長調 長短 長夜 長老 長唄 院長 延長 課長 会長

学長 係長 楽長 機長 組長 市長 社長 船長 村長 町長 店長 班長 番長 部長 霊長

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[edit] Korean

[edit] 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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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

• 長頸鹿

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

長 (tràng, trường, trướng, trưởng)

[edit] Readings

• Nôm: tràn, tràng, trường, trưởng

[edit] 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