Kanji N2

永: eternity, long, lengthy

永 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning eternity, long, lengthy, written with 5 strokes. It is read エイ (on) and ながい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 永遠 (えいえん, eternity) and 永久 (えいきゅう, eternity).

永

Meanings

  • eternity
  • long
  • lengthy
Strokes5
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#846 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • エイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ながい

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 永

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 永遠えいえん

    eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

    JLPT N3
  • 永久えいきゅう

    eternity; permanence; perpetuity

    JLPT N3
  • 永住えいじゅう

    permanent residence

  • 永続えいぞく

    permanence; continuation

  • 永代えいたい

    permanence; eternity

  • 永世えいせい

    eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence

  • 半永久はんえいきゅう

    semipermanence

  • 末永くすえながく

    forever; everlastingly; for many years to come

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.