Chinese Character Wiki
永

yǒng

long

Pictograph of a long river with a tributary.

Evolution

永 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
永 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
永 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
永 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
永 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

永  

yǒng

long, perpetual, eternal, forever; forever; always; perpetual

Most common words with 永
Freq.
Word
Meaning

永远

forever

永

forever

永恒

eternal

永不

never

永久

everlasting

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (1 verified)

羕 脈 脉 昶

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

泳 羕 咏 詠 昶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷraŋʔ

hjwaengX

yǒng

long (time)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 71.2158% of movies

526th most common character in movies

842nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+6C38

Shuowen

“永，長也，象水巠理之長。《詩》曰：‘江之永矣’。”


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