永

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 1
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yǒng
Cantonese: wing5
JapaneseKun: NAGAI TOKOSHIENI
JapaneseOn: EI YOU
Korean: YENG
Vietnamese: vắng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: long, perpetual, eternal, forever

CE-Dict: forever/always/perpetual

Soothill: Perpetual, eternal, everlasting (like the unceasing flow of water).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.always

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: always; forever

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: always; forever

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《永部》永長也。象水巠理之長。《詩》曰：「江之永矣。」凡永之屬皆从永。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】永
【唐韻】【集韻】【正韻】𠀤于憬切，音栐。【說文】水長也。象水巠理之長。【詩·周南】江之永矣。　又【爾雅·釋詁】遠也，遐也。【揚子·方言】凡施于衆長謂之永。【書·大禹謨】萬世永賴。【詩·周頌】永觀厥成。　又州名。【韻會】唐置以二水名。　又姓。【列仙傳】有永石公。　又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤與詠同。【書·舜典】詩言志，歌永言。【傳】謂歌詠其義，以長其言也。音詠。又如字。

Buddhism words and phrases forever

ヨウ
forever

Japanese Places Naga (loc)

CF-Dict: pour toujours/éternellement

Han-De-Dict: ewig, fortwährend (u.E.)/immer (u.E.)/Yong (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)