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Kanji Detail for 延 - "extend, prolong, stretch"

延

  • Meaning

    延 means "extend, prolong, stretch."

    1. Extend - To lengthen; to prolong.

    2. Postpone - To delay; to put off.

    3. Stretch - To spread out; to expand.

    4. Lead - To guide into; to introduce.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    prolong; stretching

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    delay, postpone, defer

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To extend. Such as 延年, 延壽. | Extending the journey so as not to arrive on time is also 延. Such as 延緩, 延宕. Also, retreating is 遷延. Winding is 宛延. | Distant. Such as 延袤萬餘里. 延袤 means vast. | To invite in. Gongsun Hong as chancellor opened the Eastern Pavilion to receive worthy people. See (Book of Han, his biography). Now used to mean inviting. Such as 延師, 延客. | To spread to. Spreading by connection is 延. Such as a house fire spreading.
  • Onyomitip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomitip

    no.be(の-べ) の-べ

    no.beru(の-べる) の-べる

    nobasu(の-ばす) の-ばす

    nobiru(の-びる) の-びる

  • Strokestip

    8 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    廴 (ennyo・innyo)

  • Related Keywords
    extend lengthen prolong postpone delay stretch expand spread lead guide introduce elongate protract continue grow increase defer adjourn total cumulative

Sentences including 延

  • We put off the departure till tomorrow.

  • The athletic meeting will be put off.

  • Don't put off your departure on account of me.

  • We put off our departure because of the rain.

  • Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

  • Owing to the bad weather , the game as put off.

  • The athletic meet was put off until next week.

  • The athletic meeting was put off.

  • You can stay till tonight.

  • The game may have been put off till next week.

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