Hanja Analyzer
長

長 — jang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
긴 장
Romanization
jang
English
long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
Mandarin
zhǎng
Japanese on'yomi
チョウ, ジョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
なが.い おさ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#12 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
長 (168, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+9577

Korean example words with 長

  • 장도長刀 Korean gloss: 긴 칼
  • 장간長間 Korean gloss: 긴 동안
  • 장교長橋 Korean gloss: 긴 다리
  • 최장最長 Korean gloss: 가장 긺
  • 장죽長竹 Korean gloss: 긴 담뱃대
  • 장신長身 Korean gloss: 키가 큰 몸
  • 장촉長鏃 Korean gloss: 기다란 붓촉
  • 장홍長虹 Korean gloss: 기다란 다리
  • 훈장訓長 Korean gloss: 글방의 선생
  • 장성長成 Korean gloss: 발전하여 커짐
  • 장하長夏 Korean gloss: 해가 긴 여름
  • 종장縱長 Korean gloss: 세로로 긴 것

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 長

  • 会長かいちょう president (of a society); chairman
  • 議長ぎちょう chair; chairman; chairperson
  • 社長しゃちょう company president; manager; director
  • 成長せいちょう growth; development; growing up
  • 長男ちょうなん eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
  • 部長ぶちょう head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
  • 長官ちょうかん secretary (government); director; chief
  • 委員長いいんちょう chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman
  • 延長えんちょう extension; elongation; prolongation
  • 課長かちょう section manager; section chief
  • 市長しちょう mayor
  • 長期ちょうき long-term

Characters sharing the phonetic 長

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “장”

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