久
久 — long time, old story
- JLPT
- JLPT N2
- Strokes
- 3
- Taught in
- School year 5
- Frequency
- #688 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- きゅう kyuu
- く ku
- きゅう kyuu
- Kun'yomi
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- ひさ.しい hisa.shii
- ひさ.しい hisa.shii
Words that use 久
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.