Back

On'yomi
キュウ・ク
KYUU / KU
Kun'yomi
ひさ.しい
hisashii

long time · old story

Details

Strokes3
Frequency#688
Radical丿slash(1)

Stroke Order

Loading...
Strokes3

Cultural Context

Etymology

Shape of person holding staff. Long time.

Symbolism

Eternity, long time, long term. Represents long time.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Flow of time

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

天長地久

てんちょうちきゅう

coeval with heaven and earth; coeval with heaven and earth

武運長久

ぶうんちょうきゅう

continued luck in the fortunes of war; continued luck in the fortunes of war

永久不変

えいきゅうふへん

permanence; forever unchanging; permanence

天地長久

てんちちょうきゅう

heaven and earth are eternal; heaven and earth are eternal

久しぶり

ひさしぶり

Long time no see; After a long absence

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

嘆きつつ ひとり寝る夜の 明くるまは いかに久しき ものとかは知る

Poem #53 from Hyakunin Isshu

右大将道綱母Udaishō Michitsuna no Haha
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

滝の音は 絶えて久しく なりぬれど 名こそ流れて なほ聞こえけれ

Poem #55 from Hyakunin Isshu

大納言公任Dainagon Kintō
11th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

わたの原 こぎ出でてみれば 久方の 雲ゐにまがふ 冲つ白波

Poem #76 from Hyakunin Isshu

法性寺入道前関白太政大臣法性寺入道前関白太政大臣
Unknown

Similar Kanji