延

音読おんよみ: エン

訓読くんよみ:びる
べる・のばす

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: えんにょう(廴)

Meaning

Extend / Stretch / Prolong / Postpone

Conjugation
Tap for 延びる (extend) Tap for 延ばす (postpone)
  • 延長えんちょう — extension
  • 延期えんき — postponement
  • ばす — to extend / stretch
  • びる — to be extended
  • べ — total (aggregate)

延 uses 廴 (long stride) with a phonetic element, conveying motion that continues outward—hence “to stretch / prolong” in time or space.

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