久
See also: 乆
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Translingual
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Han character
久 (radical 4, 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓人 (NO) or X弓人 (XNO), four-corner 27800, composition ⿸𠂊乀)
Derived characters
- 𠮻, 𡉌, 奺, 汣, 杦, 玖, 畂, 镹, 畝, 㝌, 㡱, 疚, 羑, 灸, 粂, 匛
Descendants
- く (Hiragana character derived from man'yōgana)
- ク (Katakana character derived from man'yōgana)
- 𛀫 (Hentaigana)
- 𛀬 (Hentaigana)
References
Wikidata
- KangXi: page 81, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 118
- Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 33, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4E45
Chinese
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variant forms | 乆 |
Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (久) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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畂 | *ɡʷ·rɯs |
久 | *kʷlɯʔ |
灸 | *kʷlɯʔ, *kʷlɯs |
玖 | *kʷlɯʔ |
疚 | *kʷlɯs |
柩 | *ɡʷlɯs |
羑 | *ɡʷ·lɯʔ |
Pictogram (象形) - a man receiving moxibustion. The derivative 灸 refers to the original word.
Pronunciation
Definitions
久
- (of time) long
- 你待了多久? ― Nǐ dāi le duōjiǔ? ― How long did you stay?
- 我們走路走了很久。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wǒmen zǒulù zǒu le hěn jiǔ. [Pinyin]
- We walked for a long time.
我们走路走了很久。 [MSC, simp.]
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 久
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Japanese
Kanji
久
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- long time
Readings
- Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō, uncommon)
- Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)←きう (kiu, historical)
- Kun: ひさしい (hisashii, 久しい, Jōyō)
Compounds
- 久懐 (kyūkai)
- 久遠 (kyūen)
- 久闊 (kyūkatsu), 久濶 (kyūkatsu)
- 久慈目 (kujime)
- 久遠 (kuon)
- 久方 (hisakata)
Proper noun
久 (hiragana ひさし, rōmaji Hisashi)
- A male given name
Korean
Hanja
久 (eumhun 오랠 구 (orael gu))
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Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- 乆 (cửu)[1][2]
Han character
久: Hán Việt readings: cửu (
久: Nôm readings: cửu[4]
- Hán tự form of cửu (“for a long time”).
References
- Bonet (1899).
- Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
- Trần (2004).
- Génibrel (1898).