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Drop Eternity Perpetuity Water Special Order 永 エイ

Kanji
Onyomi エイ
Kunyomi なが.い
Nanori え, と, のり, ひさ, ひさし
English eternity, long, lengthy
Examples 永遠(えいえん): eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
永久(えいきゅう): (1) eternity; perpetuity; immortality (2) Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 5
Frequency 846
Components 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
水: water
Number of Strokes 5
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword eternity
Koohii Story 1 It would take an eternity to count all the drops of water.
Koohii Story 2 It takes but one drop from the most special water: the fountain of youth (and it is written in a special way to with an extra horizontal line on the top) to live for an eternity. (In order to remember that the drop is at the top, think that the drop must come from the topmost water in order for its effects to be true).

Tags: jlpt.n2, kanji_time, grade5, kanjifreq751-1000

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