Kanji 延: "prolong, stretching"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 延

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 生いき延のびるto survive; to live long
• 延えん々えんendlessly; continuously; (going) on and on · meandering; winding; sinuous; serpentine
• 延えん長ちょうextension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening · (total) length
• 延ひいてはby extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition
• 延えん期きpostponement; deferment; adjournment
• 蔓まん延えんspread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation
• 先さき延のばしにするto delay; to put off; to procrastinate
• 逃にげ延のびるto escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
• 間ま延のびtaking a long time; slowness; sluggishness · lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
• 蔓延はびこるto become overgrown; to grow thick · to spread; to run rampant; to thrive; to prevail
• 遅ち延えんdelay; latency
• 延えん命めいkeeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support

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