Radical 168
Radical 168 or radical long () meaning "long" or "" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 55 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

, the simplified form of , is the 83rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with a variant form  and the traditional form  listed as its associated indexing components.

Evolution

Derived characters

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 長 is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.

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Further reading

External links 

Unihan Database - U+9577

Kanji
Kyōiku kanji
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