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久 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「丿」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「丿」
On
キュウ・クきゅう・く · kyū · ku
Kun
ひさ(しい)hisa(shii)
Meaning
long time; lasting

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person held back from behind; something drawn out at length — hence "long time."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū永久えいきゅう持久じきゅう耐久たいきゅう
Onクくku久遠くおん
Kunひさしいhisashii久しいひさしい久々ひさびさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 永久えいきゅう

    eternity; permanence

  • 久しぶりひさしぶり

    after a long time

More words with this kanji

  • 耐久たいきゅう
  • 恒久こうきゅう
  • 悠久ゆうきゅう
  • 久米くめ
  • 久留米絣くるめがすり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

久(ひさ)しぶりに友(とも)だちに会(あ)った。

I met my friend after a long time.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

永久久永eterna…乃thereu…乂to mow及reach之of乏scarce旧old句phrase救to res…九nine口mouth
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Compound

Map of radical 丿Map of reading キュウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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