Japanese Word Entry

Kana:おさ
Romaji:osa
Definitions:
  1. head, chief, leader

  2. the greatest (of all the ...)


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Chinese characters used in this word

long, leader, superior, senior, length, excel in, Kangxi radical 168
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄤˊ (cháng), ㄓㄤˇ (zhǎng), ㄓㄤˋ (zhàng)
Cantonese: coeng4
Japanese: チョウ (chou) / なが.い (nagai)、 おさ (osa)、 たける (takeru)
Korean: 장 (jang)
Vietnamese: trường, trưởng, trướng
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