Meaning & readings
prolong, stretching
On’yomi エン
Kun’yomi の.びる、の.べる、の.べ、の.ばす
Nanori たか、のぶ、のべ
Origin
The character 延 combines two elements to express the idea of prolonging or stretching. The left component 廴 is a classifying radical that represents movement or a path extending forward. The right component 正, which means "correct" or "straight," adds the sense of something proceeding in a direct line. Together, these parts suggest something that moves straightforwardly outward and continues on, which naturally conveys the meaning of stretching out or drawing something longer.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 正
- 廴
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 8
- Kangxi radical
- 54
- Grade
- Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #747 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+05EF6