Question

長 なが.い、おさ long, leader 5 12 8 168 ながい 象形 Pictographic The Geisha with long hair uses an ornate lacquered hairpin to bundle it all up.

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チョウ お, おしゃ, たかし, たけ, な, は, ひさ 議長(ぎちょう): chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)社長(しゃちょう): company president; manager; director成長(せいちょう): growth; grow to adulthood長男(ちょうなん): eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son部長(ぶちょう): (1) head (chief, director) of a section or department (2) head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team延長(えんちょう): (1) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening (2) Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26)課長(かちょう): section manager; section chief長期(ちょうき): long time period; long term校長(こうちょう): principal; headmaster長女(ちょうじょ): eldest daughter; first-born daughter身長(しんちょう): height (of body); stature長い(ながい): (1) long (distance) (2) long (time); lengthy長所(ちょうしょ): strong point; merit; virtue; advantage生長(せいちょう): growth; increment長官(ちょうかん): secretary (government); director; chief長短(ちょうたん): (1) length (2) long and short; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits長(ちょう): (1) head; chief; leader; elder (2) merit; strong point (3) superiority (4) major (music)長編(ちょうへん): long (e.g. novel, film)長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong年長(ねんちょう): seniority長引く(ながびく): to be prolonged; to drag on長閑(のどか): tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful特長(とくちょう): forte; merit長々(ながなが): long; drawn-out; very long長(おさ): (1) head; chief; leader; elder (2) the greatest of all; the most excellent 2 長: long, grow, leader radical (no. 168) 長 8 (none) long The top of this one reminds me of the staple primitive. So here´s my story: The girl´s hair was so long that she had to use staples instead of hairpins. It worked, but stapling her hair to her head was kinda painful.

Kanji	長
Onyomi	チョウ
Kunyomi	なが.い、おさ
Nanori	お, おしゃ, たかし, たけ, な, は, ひさ
English	long, leader
Examples	議長(ぎちょう): chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup) 社長(しゃちょう): company president; manager; director 成長(せいちょう): growth; grow to adulthood 長男(ちょうなん): eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son 部長(ぶちょう): (1) head (chief, director) of a section or department (2) head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team 延長(えんちょう): (1) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening (2) Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26) 課長(かちょう): section manager; section chief 長期(ちょうき): long time period; long term 校長(こうちょう): principal; headmaster 長女(ちょうじょ): eldest daughter; first-born daughter 身長(しんちょう): height (of body); stature 長い(ながい): (1) long (distance) (2) long (time); lengthy 長所(ちょうしょ): strong point; merit; virtue; advantage 生長(せいちょう): growth; increment 長官(ちょうかん): secretary (government); director; chief 長短(ちょうたん): (1) length (2) long and short; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits 長(ちょう): (1) head; chief; leader; elder (2) merit; strong point (3) superiority (4) major (music) 長編(ちょうへん): long (e.g. novel, film) 長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong 年長(ねんちょう): seniority 長引く(ながびく): to be prolonged; to drag on 長閑(のどか): tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful 特長(とくちょう): forte; merit 長々(ながなが): long; drawn-out; very long 長(おさ): (1) head; chief; leader; elder (2) the greatest of all; the most excellent
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	12
Components	長: long, grow, leader radical (no. 168)
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	長
Radical Number	168
Radical Strokes	8
Radical Reading	ながい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	long
Koohii Story 1	The Geisha with long hair uses an ornate lacquered hairpin to bundle it all up.
Koohii Story 2	The top of this one reminds me of the staple primitive. So here´s my story: The girl´s hair was so long that she had to use staples instead of hairpins. It worked, but stapling her hair to her head was kinda painful.

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