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
- N4課長Popularsection manager; section chief
- N4校長Popularprincipal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
- N4社長Popularcompany president; manager; director
- N4部長Popularhead (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
- N3議長Popularchair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
- N3身長Popularheight (of a person); stature
- N3成長Populargrowth; development; growing up; becoming an adult; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
- N3長期Popularlong-term
- N2延長Popularextension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space); Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26); extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
- N2生長Populargrowth (of a plant)
- N2長所Popularstrong point; merit; virtue; advantage
- N2長女Populareldest daughter; first-born daughter
- N2長短Popular(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits
- N2長男Populareldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
- N2特長Popularstrong point; forte; merit; strength
- N2長方形Popularrectangle; oblong
- N1長官Popularsecretary (government); director; chief
- N1長編Popularlong work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
- N1年長Popularsenior; older; third-year kindergarten student
- N1長大Popularlong and large; tall and large; grand; huge