漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
久: long time, old story
JLPT N23 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
3 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 永久えいきゅうeternity, perpetuity, immortality
- 悠久ゆうきゅうeternity, perpetuity, permanence
- 恒久こうきゅうpermanent, perpetuity
- 耐久性たいきゅうせいdurability
- 持久力じきゅうりょくstamina, tenacity
クku · on'yomi
- 久遠くおんeternity
ひさしいhisashii · kun'yomi · on its own
- 久しいひさしいlong, long-continued
- 久しぶりひさしぶりafter a long time
- 久々ひさびさafter a long time
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Used interchangeably with 氒 in oracle bone script. Likely a pictogram (象形) of an arrow tip.
Source: Wiktionary, 久 (rev. 93643055), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“No (丿) + a support/person. A single "sweep" of time that goes on for a "long duration," suggesting eternity.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiǔ
Same form: 久 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 久 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 久 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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