Meanings
- long time
- old story
Strokes3
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#688 of 2,500
Kanji N2
久: long time, old story
久 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning long time, old story, written with 3 strokes. It is read キュウ, ク (on) and ひさしい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 久しぶり (ひさしぶり, a long time) and 永久 (えいきゅう, eternity).
久
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- キュウ
- ク
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- ひさしい
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 久
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- 久しぶりひさしぶりJLPT N4
a long time (since the last time)
- JLPT N3
- 久しいひさしいJLPT N1
long (time that has passed); old (story)
- 久々ひさびさ
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago)
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