ちょう
Chou
長 (Chou) is a Japanese noun meaning “head, chief, leader, elder”.
Meanings
- nounhead; chief; leader; elder
- nounmerit; strong point
- nounsuperiority
- nounmajor
Examples
笑いは百薬の長。
Laughter is the best medicine.
一人の父親は百人の学校長に優る。
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
チームの長として私は彼に有能な助力を得た。
As head of the team I was ably assisted by him.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
Kanji in 長
Related words
社長company president長いlong (distance, length)部長head (chief, director) of a section or department課長section manager会長president (of a society)院長director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.)店長shop manager校長principal係長subsection head署長chief (of police)成長growth所長head (of an office, laboratory, etc.)