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: チョウ、のび.る
Romaji: chō, nobi.ru
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: いたる、のぶ、のぶる、なが、とうる、とおる、のり、まさ、みつる、よう
Romaji: itaru, nobu, noburu, naga, touru, tooru, nori, masa, mitsuru, you
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Meaning

stretch

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  2
Frequency:  2144
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-5-9
Korean Reading:  chang
Chinese Reading:  chang4
Unicode:  66a2
JIS:  442A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1226
Nelson Index: 119
New Nelson Index: 2506
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c10.4
Four Corner Index: 5602.7
Japanese Names Index: 2111
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14095
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0922
Remembering the kanji Index: 2885
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 829
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1134
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2895
Essential Kanji Index: 1967
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1569

Words

流暢 (りゅうちょう)
fluent (language skill); flowing
暢気 (のんき、ノンキ)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky; easygoing; thoughtless
伸張 (しんちょう)
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching; uncompression
暢達 (ちょうたつ)
fluency; facileness
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