【長】(chou, naga-i/ long) Japanese Kanji | JLPT N5

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In this time, I will introduce the Kanji character 長.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are
・ちょう　chou

For example,
・身長　しんちょう　shin-chou
It means height of body

・長男　ちょうなん　chou-nan
It means first-born son

・長女　ちょうじょ　chou-jo
It means first-born daughter

・長官　ちょうかん　chou-kan
It means secretaries of government

・社長　しゃちょう　sha-chou
It means president of a company

・市長　しちょう　shi-chou
It means city mayor

・億万長者　おくまんちょうじゃ　oku-man chou-ja
It means billionaire

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, the kun-reading is
・なが-い　naga-i

For example,
・長い　ながい　naga-i
It means long (e.g. time, distance)

・長さ　ながさ　naga-sa
It means length

and so on.

③ Special reading

Next is a special reading.
This kanji has no special reading.

Meanings

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "長".
・long
・top
・length

Radical

And the radical of this character is 長　nagai
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

Next, I will introduce family names. Here are some family names that are particularly common in Japan.
・長谷川　はせがわ　Hasegawa
・長田　ながた／おさだ　Nagata, Osada
・長尾　ながお　Nagao
・長島　ながしま　Nagashima
・長野　ながの　Nagano
・長岡　ながおか　Nagaoka
・長沢　ながさわ　Nagasawa

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 長

Famous person

Next, I will introduce Japanese celebrities who use the Kanji 長
・長澤まさみ　ながさわまさみ　Nagasawa Masami
She is an actress.

・長州 力　ちょうしゅうりき　Choushuu Riki
He is a former professional wrestler.
Recently, he has been appearing on variety shows and gaining popularity as a natural blur character.

・長嶋 茂雄　ながしましげお　Nagashima Shigeo
He is a former professional baseball player.
He was a superstar and very popular player.
He is one of my favorite baseball players.

・織田 信長　おだのぶなが　Oda Nobunaga
He was a war lord.
He was betrayed by his subordinates and died on the verge of unifying the country.
He is one of the most popular historical figures in Japan.

・藤原 道長　ふじわらのみちなが　Fujiwara no Michinaga
He is a medieval nobleman.
He gained great power and made Japan his own.

Place

Next, I will introduce place names and tourist attractions that use the kanji character for 長.
・長野　ながの　Nagano
The name of a city located inland in Japan, which hosted the Nagano Olympics in 1998.

・長岡京　ながおかきょう　Nagaokakyou
The name of a city in Kyoto Prefecture.
The city was the capital for a time before Kyoto became the capital 1200 years ago.

・長崎　ながさき　Nagasaki
This is the name of a city in Kyushu, Japan.
During the Edo period, it developed as the only trading city with the Netherlands and China.

・長安　ちょうあん　Chou-an
This is the old name of the present Chinese city of Xi'an(西安).
It was the capital of Han(漢), Tang(唐), etc.
During the Tang(唐) Dynasty, it was a large city with a population of one million.
Nara(奈良) and Kyoto(京都) in Japan were modeled after Chang'an(長安).

・長江　ちょうこう　Chou-kou
The name of a river in China. It is the third longest river in the world.
By the way, the Nile River is in the first place and the Amazon River is in second place.

・万里の長城　ばんりのちょうじょう　Banri no choujou
The Great Wall of China
By the way, its length is about 22,000 km.

Look-alikes

Here are some kanji that are similar to 長
・馬　ば、ま、うま　ba, ma, uma
It means horse

Containing its kanji

Here are some kanji that contain character 長 in their composition
・帳　ちょう　chou
It means notebook

・張　ちょう、は-る　chou, ha-ru
It means be tensioned

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