久

Information about character(s)

Radical: 丿
Radical Strokes: 1
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 3
Variants: 乆

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiǔ
Cantonese: gau2
JapaneseKun: HISASHII
JapaneseOn: KYUU KU
Korean: KWU
Vietnamese: cửu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: long time (ago); time passage, grow late

CE-Dict: (long) time/(long) duration of time

Soothill: Long, for long, long ago; also 久遠.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.lasting; for a long time
2.a specified duration of time

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: for a long time; of a specified duration

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: for a long time; of a specified duration

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《久部》久以後灸之，象人兩脛後有距也。《周禮》曰：“久諸牆以觀其橈。”凡久之屬皆从久。

康熙字典文字版 【子集上】【丿字部】久
【唐韻】【正韻】舉有切【集韻】【韻會】已有切，𠀤音九。暫之反也。【易·繫辭】恆久也。【中庸】不息則久。【註】久，常於中也。【老子·道德經】天乃道，道乃久。　又待也。【左傳·昭二十四年】士伯曰：寡君以爲盟主之故，是以久子。　又【說文】久，从後灸之，象人兩脛，後有距也。引周禮，久諸牆以觀其橈。◎按今《考工記·廬人》作灸，諸牆以眡其橈。註灸，猶柱也。釋文音救。　又【儀禮·士喪禮】夏祝鬻餘飯用二鬲，于西牆不羃用疏布久之。【註】久讀爲灸。【疏】灸，塞義，謂直用麤布蓋鬲口爲塞也。　又【韻補】叶舉里切，音几。【詩·邶風】何其久也，必有以也。久叶以。【小雅】來歸自鎬，我行永久。叶喜祉。【楚辭·招䰟】層冰峩峩，飛雪千里。歸來歸來，不可以久。

Buddhism words and phrases long time

ク
long time

ひさし
long time

CF-Dict: longtemps/de longue date

Han-De-Dict: lange (Zeit) (u.E.) (Adj, Sprachw)