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The Radical: 長
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Kanji-Trainer
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long 長
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Can be imagined as the long mane E of a galloping horse (legs below) in the wind. |
Used in these Kanji:
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長
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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long, senior, chief
nagai, CHŌ 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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長
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帳
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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registry, notebook
CHŌ 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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長
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張
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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stretch, spread
haru, CHŌ 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 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 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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彡
友
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