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延 means 'prolong'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1039   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-13    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 47    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 80 words   Used in 153 words   Used in 643 names   Component in 13 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   エン
Kun
   のばす to prolong, lengthen   のびる to be delayed, postponed   のべる to postpone
Additional readings
Kun    のべ
Name    たか   のぶ   のべ
Components
⿺  廴 long stride  ⿱  ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from  止 stop  
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廷 court  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 延 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 延 is used 142 times, read 3 ways.
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エン : 96 words FIND ALL
え ん ち ょ う 0
1. extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening
noun
2. Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
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のばす : 36 words FIND ALL
の べ 1 の べ 2
noun
1. futures
2. credit (buying)
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のべる (read as のべ) : 10 words FIND ALL
の べ い た 0
noun
hammered-out plates
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An additional の.びる less common words include 延 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 831 (originally: 814)  Joy o' Kanji : 814  Key to Kanji: 50 

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延
エン   のばす to prolong, lengthen   のびる to be delayed, postponed   のべる to postpone   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
廴
long stride
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