Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

久 (radical 4 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓人 (NO) or X弓人 (XNO), four-corner 2780₀)

1. long time (ago), long ago
2. time passage, grow late

Descendants

• く
• ク

References

• KangXi: page 81, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 118
• Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 33, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E45

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 乆

Pronunciation

Adjective

久

1. (of time) long
   • 你待了多久？  ―  Nǐ dài le duō jiǔ?  ―  How long did you stay?
   • 我們走了很久。 / 我们走了很久。  ―  Wǒmen zǒu le hěn jiǔ.  ―  We walked for a long time.

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: く (ku)
• Kan’on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: ひさしい (久しい, hisashii)

Compounds

Synonyms

• 永

Proper noun

久 ‎(hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

久 • ‎(gu)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 구 (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku)

• Name (hangeul): 오랠 (revised: orael, McCune-Reischauer: orael)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 久

Vietnamese

Han character

久 (cửu, nhân, nhơn, nhợn)

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