EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Noun

    eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

    彼は私の長男の名付け親であった。
    He stood godfather to my first son.
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Characters in this word

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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

male

Kun
おとこ、お
On
ダン、ナン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
240 of 2500
Radical
field
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-2SKIP code
5f2.2The Kanji Dictionary
6042.7Four corner code
3645deroo
7537Unicode hex code
1-35-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2996Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3731New Nelson (John Haig)
2542New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3147Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2199Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
859Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
923Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
228A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
495Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
63Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21730Morohashi
54A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
101Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
109sakade
72Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
42henshall3
66Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
203crowley
67Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1334Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
867Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nan2Pinyin reading
namKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level