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long 長
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| Explanation |
This radical has a similarity to horse 馬, where the horse's long mane blows in the wind. At “long 長” please think to long clothing 衣 blowing in the wind.
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Used in these characters:
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長
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| long, senior, chief
nagai, CHŌ
長
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Top: long hair (cf. mane of a horse 馬) in the wind, bottom: a variant of cloth 衣
Both hair and cloths are long.
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帳
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| registry, notebook
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Left: cloth 巾, right: long 長 (mane and clothes 衣)
Cloth that was very long was formerly used for taking notes and as a registry.
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張
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| stretch, spread
haru, CHŌ
弓
長
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Left: bow 弓, right: long 長 (mane and clothes 衣)
A bow is long and can be stretched.
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脹
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JLPT 1Joyo 8 |
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| expand, swell, bulge
fukuramu/reru, CHŌ
肉
長
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: long 長
A part of the body that gets longer is: expanding.
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髪
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| hair of the head
kami, HATSU
長
彡
友
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Top: var. of long 長 and hair 彡, below: friend 友 (= two hands ナ/又)
Long hair? That's my friend's hair.
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