長

Long

N5 · 8 stroke · 18 kanji

Long flowing hair cascading down — the elder with ancient hair, the one who has lived longest.

Memory hint

Imagine an elder — hair grown long over many years, flowing freely down their back. That cascading length is 長. Long. Chief. Elder. In Japanese, to be long (長い) and to be a leader (長) are the same word.

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Kanji using this radical

2 kanji

長

Long / Chief / Leader

なが・い · ちょう

帳

Notebook / Register

· ちょう

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