Readings

Kana: キュウ、ク、ひさ.しい
Romaji: kyū, ku, hisa.shii
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: きゅ、わ
Romaji: kyu, wa
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

long time, old story

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  688
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  4-3-1
Korean Reading:  gu
Chinese Reading:  jiu3
Unicode:  4e45
JIS:  3557

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3384
Nelson Index: 153
New Nelson Index: 47
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a3.7
Four Corner Index: 2780.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 647
Gakken Index: 591
Japanese Names Index: 45
Daikanwanjiten Index: 118
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0340
Remembering the kanji Index: 1016
Kanji Flashcards Index: 289
Kodansha Compact Index: 20
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 676
Kanji in Context Index: 1097
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2121
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2867
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1025
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1092
Essential Kanji Index: 704
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4191
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2562
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 582
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 641

Words

耐久 (たいきゅう)
endurance; persistence
久々 (ひさびさ)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
文久 (ぶんきゅう)
Bunkyuu era (1861.2.19-1864.2.20)
久しぶり (ひさしぶり)
a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)
長久 (ちょうきゅう)
permanence; perpetuity; Choukyuu era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
永久 (えいきゅう、とこしえ、とわ)
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
恒久 (こうきゅう)
permanent; perpetuity
久遠 (きゅうえん、くおん)
eternity
持久 (じきゅう)
endurance; persistence
悠久 (ゆうきゅう)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
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