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Kanji Detail for 延 - "to extend, to postpone, to stretch"

延

  • Meaning

    延 means "to extend, to postpone, to 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.

  • Words using 延

    • 延長 えんちょう Listen extension; elongation; prolongation
    • 延期 えんき Listen postponement; deferment; adjournment
    • 延命 えんめい Listen keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension
    • 繰り延べ くりのべ Listen postponement
    • 遅延 ちえん Listen delay; latency
    • 延滞 えんたい Listen arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment)
    • 延べ のべ Listen futures; credit (buying); stretching

  • Four-character idioms with 延

    • 延命息災 えんめいそくさい Listen health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
    • 延頸挙踵 えんけいきょしょう Listen longing for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive
    • 息災延命 そくさいえんめい Listen health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster

  • Tattoo check: 延

    • Verified meaning: to extend, to postpone, to stretch
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えん, すすむ, ただし, のぶ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 延

    Given names 延(えん)Listen 延(すすむ)Listen 延(のぶ)Listen 延(のぶる)Listen 延(ひさし)Listen

    Surnames 延(ただし)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    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

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    廴 (ennyo・innyo)

  • Related Keywords

    extend postpone stretch draw guide lead prolong total continue defer delay elongate expand lengthen spread sustain

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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