長

Stroke order

Stroke order

Alternative formsEdit

• 镸 (when used as a radical)

EtymologyEdit

Pictogram (象形) – originally long hair; compare 彡.

Unrelated to visually similar 衣, and notably does not have a diagonal stroke at lower left.

Han characterEdit

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Radical 168 長

長 (radical 168 長+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸一女 (SMV), four-corner 7173₂)

1. long
2. length
3. excel in
4. leader / master / chief

Derived charactersEdit

• Index:Chinese radical/長
• 髟

DescendantsEdit

• 长

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1328, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41100
• Dae Jaweon: page 1829, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4050, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9577

HanziEdit

長 (simplified 长, Jyutping coeng4, zoeng2, Yale cheung4, jeung2)

HanziEdit

長 (POJ chhông, Guangdong tshong³, tsh'ong² [Meixian], chong³, ch'ong², chong⁵ [Hailu], tsong³, tsong⁵ [Siyan], chong³, ch'ong² [Kwangtung], tsong³ [Bao'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim cong2, zong3)

ReferencesEdit

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

KanjiEdit

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: ながい (nagai), たける (takeru), おさ (osa)

NounEdit

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō)

1. chief; head (of an organization)

CompoundsEdit

Proper nounEdit

長 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

SuffixEdit

長 (hiragana ちょう, romaji -chō)

1. head, chief, leader

HanjaEdit

長 (jang)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 장 (revised: jang, McCune-Reischauer: chang, Yale: cang)

• Name (hangeul): 길다 (revised: gilda, McCune-Reischauer: kilda, Yale: kilta)

HanziEdit

長 (simplified 长, Pinyin cháng (chang2), zhǎng (zhang3), zhàng (zhang4), Wade-Giles ch'ang², chang³, chang⁴)

CompoundsEdit

• 長頸鹿

HanziEdit

長 (TLPA tsiáng (tsiang²), tsióng (tsiong²), tióng (tiong²), tiông (tiong⁵), tshiâng (tshiang⁵), tiòng (tiong³), tiúnn (tiunn²), tn̂g (tng⁵))

ReferencesEdit

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

Han characterEdit

長 (tràng, trường, trướng, trưởng)

ReadingsEdit

• Nôm: tràn, tràng, trường, trưởng

ReferencesEdit

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999