久 — long time, old story

久
Meaning
long time, old story
On reading
キュウkyuuクku
Kun reading
ひさしいhisashii
Strokes
3
Learned in
Grade 5 of elementary school in Japan

久 in names

When I turn a name into kanji, I use 久 for the sound “ku” (く), “kyuu” (きゅう) or “kyu” (きゅ).

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).