Chinese Character Wiki
镸

cháng

long

镸 is a component form of 長, which depicts an old person with long hair using a cane to walk.

Evolution

镸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
镸 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
镸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
镸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
镸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

镸  

cháng

long; "long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168)

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

套 肆

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

髟

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

蕻

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+9578

Shuowen

“長，久遠也。从兀，从匕。兀者，高遠意也。久則變化。亾聲。●者倒亾也。，古文長；，亦古文長。”


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