長              
            
            
            Meaning
                 long, senior, superior, leader            
            Kunyoumi
                    なが(い) - nagai, おさ - osa                
              Onyoumi
                    チョウ - chou                
              The original depiction of the kanji 長 is long hair, therefore representing the word long. However the current script doesn’t depict long hair anymore. So to remember this kanji, imagine 長 as a long haired woman wearing a long sleeved kimono flowing down to the back.

