長
leader, long, senior, superior
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
8 / 8
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:8
JLPT:5
Frequency:12
Vocabulary
チョウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委員長 | イインチョウ | chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president |
| 医長 | イチョウ | medical director; chief physician |
| 院長 | インチョウ | director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector |
| 駅長 | エキチョウ | station master |
| 園長 | エンチョウ | head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 係長 | かかりちょう | subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk |
| 細長い | ほそながい | long and narrow |
| 長 | たけ | height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.) |
| 船長 | ふなおさ | ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman |
| 組長 | くみちょう | boss (esp. yakuza); foreman |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
張
counter for bows & stringed instruments, lengthen, put up (tent), spread, stretch
Grade 5JLPT 1
帳
account book, album, curtain, net, notebook, tent, veil
Grade 3JLPT 1
脹
bulge, dilate, distend, fill out, swell
Grade 9JLPT 1
喪
miss, mourning
Grade 8JLPT 1
集
congregate, flock, gather, meet, swarm
Grade 3JLPT 4
哀
grief, pathetic, pathos, pity, sorrow, sympathize
Grade 8JLPT 1
髪
hair of the head
Grade 8JLPT 3
床
bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
Grade 8JLPT 2
味
flavor, taste
Grade 3JLPT 4
実
fruit, nut, reality, seed, truth
Grade 3JLPT 3