Some kanji have different meanings that seem completely unrelated to us. 長 is such a kanji: it means both 'chief, head' (the on reading ちょう) and 'long' as 長い, using the kun reading ながい.Looking at the 'chief' reading first, we learned a few of these in class, such as 首長 (しゅちょう), head of an organization, and 課長 (かちょう), section manager.
The なが reading has two forms: 長い is long; 長さ is length.
Here's how this new kanji combines with the previous ones:
- 長年 (ながねん) - a long time, many years, but:
- 年長 (ねんちょう) - seniority
- 会長 (かいちょう) - president of a society, chairman
- 長大 (ちょうだい) - very long, great length
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