Radical 168
Chinese character radical
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Radical 168 or radical long (長部) meaning "long" or "grow" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes.
| 長 | |
|---|---|
Radical 168 (U+2FA7)
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| 長 (U+9577) "long, grow" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | cháng |
| Bopomofo: | ㄔㄤˊ |
| Wade–Giles: | ch'ang2 |
| Cantonese Yale: | cheung4, jeung2 |
| Jyutping: | coeng4, zoeng2 |
| Japanese Kana: | チョウ chō / ジョウ jō (on'yomi) なが-い naga-i (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 장 jang |
| Hán-Việt: | trường, trưởng, tràng |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 長い/ながい nagai |
| Hangul: | 길 gil |
| Stroke order animation | |

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 55 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
长, the simplified form of 長, is the 83rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with a variant form 镸 and the traditional form 長 listed as its associated indexing components.
Evolution
- Oracle bone script character
- Bronze script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram 長 is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is taught in second grade.[1]
Look up 長 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.