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Keyword
long
  • leader
  • superior
  • senior
Frequency
#12
Strokes
8
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
2070
Readings
チョウ82%
なが18%
Mnemonic
A hair comb strides down the runway on absurdly long legs, so tall that it can't fit through the door. Impractical, but wow, so long.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
委い員いん長ちょう
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
Noun
会かい長ちょう
president (of a society); chairman
Noun
議ぎ長ちょう
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
Noun
社しゃ長ちょう
company president; manager; director
Noun
成せい長ちょう
growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
Noun
長ちょう官かん
secretary (government); director; chief
Noun
長ちょう男なん
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
Noun
部ぶ長ちょう
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
Noun
長ちょう
head; chief; leader; elder; merit; strong point; superiority; major
Noun
官かん房ぼう長ちょう官かん
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
Noun
副ふく社しゃ長ちょう
executive vice-president
Noun
長ながい
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
I-adjective
延えん長ちょう
extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space); extended game; …
Noun
課か長ちょう
section manager; section chief
Noun
局きょく長ちょう
bureau director; office chief
Noun
総そう長ちょう
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
Noun
長ちょう期き
long-term
No-adjective
支し店てん長ちょう
branch manager; manager of a branch office
Noun
身しん長ちょう
height (of a person); stature
Noun
校こう長ちょう
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
Noun
所しょ長ちょう
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
Noun
長ながさ
length
Noun