永 = 水 + 丶

永 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “eternity”. It is built from 水 (water) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 139. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: eternity
RTK frame: 139
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): エイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): なが.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: вечность
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 永 long

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 永

How to find 永 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “dot”. 永 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 永 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.