This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

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

Name Readings

Kana: きゅ、わ
Romaji: kyu, wa
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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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