Memory phrase for the Kanji: 長


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Meaning long, senior, chief

Pronunciation

CHŌ
nagai

Explanation

Top: long hair (cf. mane of a horse ) in the wind, bottom: a variant of cloth

Mnemonic


 
Both hair and cloths are long.

Radicals

longThis radical has a similarity to horse , where the horse's long mane blows in the wind. At “long ” please think to long clothing blowing in the wind.
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 Vocabulary

村長 そんちょう  village chief
課長 かちょう  section manager
長い ながい  long
町長 ちょうちょう  town headman, governing mayor
社長 しゃちょう  company president, manager, director
長男 ちょうなん  eldest son
隊長 たいちょう  commanding officer
波長 はちょう  wavelength
年長 ねんちょう  seniority


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