Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 9
長 long, chief
- Meaning
- long, chief
- On reading
- チョウ
- Kun reading
- なが(い)
Memory hook
Long flowing hair over a leg. Long, and by extension the elder who has grown it. チョウ in compounds, なが(い) on its own.
Words that use 長
長い
ながい
long
社長
しゃちょう
company president
How to write 長
Stroke order · 8 strokes
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- 1. Vertical.
- 2 to 5. Horizontal.
- 6. The vertical, then up to the right.
- 7. The sweep down to the left.
- 8. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
長 is taught on day 13 of the kanji course, alongside 新 古 白, with two writing passes and a short quiz.