Question

永 なが.い eternity, long, lengthy 2 846 5 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 象形 Pictographic It would take an eternity to count all the drops of water.

Accepted Answer

エイ え, と, のり, ひさ, ひさし 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) 5 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)水: water 水 4 (none) eternity 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).

Kanji	永
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	水
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).

Drop Eternity Perpetuity Water Special Order 永 エイ

Drop Eternity Perpetuity Water Special Order 永エイ