永 – eternity, long, lengthy

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The kanji 永 means eternity, long, lengthy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エイ (ei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なが.い (nagai). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エイ	ei
Kun’yomi	なが.い	nagai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 水・丶.

Words using 永

永遠えいえんeternity永久えいきゅうeternity

Example sentences

その画家は、いわば永遠の少年だ。

The artist is eternally a boy.

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彼は永久に日本を離れた。

He left Japan for good.

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Kanji with the same radical

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