EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk

    その係長は勤勉な男ではないが、上役にとり入る術を心得ているから、早く昇進するのだ。
    The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.

Also written 掛長【かかりちょう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself

Kun
かか.る、かかり、-がかり、かか.わる
On
ケイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
232 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-7SKIP code
2a7.8The Kanji Dictionary
2229.3Four corner code
2141deroo
4fc2Unicode hex code
1-23-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
449Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
217New Nelson (John Haig)
97New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
108Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
73Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
78Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1392Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1493Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
263A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
426Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
663Morohashi
268A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
909Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
931Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
385sakade
318Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
286henshall3
324Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
221crowley
447Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.12busy_people
94Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1404Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi4Pinyin reading
gyeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

long, leader, superior, senior

Kun
なが.い、おさ
On
チョウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
12 of 2500
Radical
long
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

お、おしゃ、たかし、たけ、な、は、ひさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-3, 4-8-1SKIP code
0a8.2The Kanji Dictionary
7173.2Four corner code
3465deroo
9577Unicode hex code
1-36-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4938Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6379New Nelson (John Haig)
2556New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3163Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1626Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2212Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1920Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2070Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
939Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
155Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41100Morohashi
173A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
95Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
95Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
116sakade
95Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
189henshall3
161Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
90crowley
89Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
1837Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1939Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chang2, zhang3Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level