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

longCan be imagined as the long mane E of a galloping horse (legs below) 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
 長女  ちょうじょ  eldest daughter


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