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長 means 'long'

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Strokes : 8    Radical number: 168    Frequency: 40   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 2    Beginner lesson: 7   Begins 279 words   Used in 868 words   Used in 3983 names   Component in 19 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   チョウ
Kun
   ながい long
Additional readings
Kun    おさ
Name    お   おしゃ   たかし   たけ   な   は   ひさ
Variants
⻑   镸   长 (Chinese)  
Notes
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See also
良 good  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 長 is used 61 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 長 is used 745 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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チョウ : 572 words FIND ALL
し ゃ ち ょ う 0
noun
company president; manager; director
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チョウ (read as じょう) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
the long night of spiritual darkness  (yojijukugo)
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おさ : 8 words FIND ALL
お さ 1
noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
2. the greatest of all; the most excellent
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ながい : 163 words FIND ALL
な が い 2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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たけ: 1 word. FIND ALL
た け 2
Most common form: 丈
noun
1. height; stature
2. length (esp. of clothing)
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An additional 良 less common words include 長 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 189 (originally: 173)  Joy o' Kanji : 173  Key to Kanji: 755 

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長
チョウ   ながい long   
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