JōyōJLPT N2Kanken 6
久

Meaning

Kanji 久

long time

long time, old story

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ひさ.しい
Onyomi 音読み
キュウク
Nanori 名乗り
きゅわながひさひさし

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 5
JLPT
JLPT N2
Frequency
#688
Strokes
3
Radical
丿
Components
入 • ノ • 久
Kanji Kentei
Level 6
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

36 common entries

Showing 36 of 111 entries that include this kanji.

久しぶり

ひさしぶり

a long time (since the last time)

久しい

ひさしい

long (time that has passed)

久々

ひさびさ

(in a) long time

くす玉

くすだま

hanging decorative ball that splits in half to release confetti, streamers, balloons, etc. (for celebratory events)

久しく

ひさしく

for a long time

久しぶりに

ひさしぶりに

after a long time

久安

きゅうあん

Kyūan era (1145.7.22-1151.1.26)

久遠

くおん

eternity

久懐

きゅうかい

long-cherished hope

久慈目

くじめ

spotbelly greenling (Hexagrammos agrammus)

久寿

きゅうじゅ

Kyūju era (1154.10.28-1156.4.27)

久米歌

くめうた

kumeuta

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼とは久しぶりに会った。

I met him again after a long time.

ここへ来るのは久しぶりです。

It has been a long time since I came here.

その問題は久しく議論されている。

That issue has been debated for a long time.

雨が降らず、川は久しく乾いていた。

Since it had not rained, the river had been dry for a long time.

彼の名はこの町で久しく忘れられていた。

His name had long been forgotten in this town.