Kanji1 / 8
長 kanji
long, leader, superior, senior
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
チョウ
Kun readings
ながいおさ
Variant forms
兏镸Words with 長
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —長身Populartall figure; high stature
- —署長Popularchief (of police); head (of office)
- —塾長Popularprincipal of a private school
- —最長Popularlongest; oldest
- —ト長調PopularG major
- —委員長Popularchairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
- —長期的Popularlong-term
- —長距離Popularlong distance; long haul; long-distance race
- —長時間Popularlong time; several hours; long spell
- —副社長Popularexecutive vice-president
- —急成長Popularrapid growth
- —支店長Popularbranch manager; manager of a branch office
- —官房長官PopularChief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
- —国務長官PopularSecretary of State
- —長蛇の列Popularlong line; long queue
- —経済成長率Popularrate of economic growth
- —北海道開発庁長官PopularDirector General of Hokkaido Development Agency
- —家長head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
- —翰長Cabinet (Chief) Secretary
- —艦長captain (of a warship)