永 (yǒng)

forever; always; perpetual

How 永 is written

Strokes
5
Radical
㇆ — N/A
Traditional
永
Simplified
永 (unchanged)

Components

  • ㇆ N/A
  • ㇇ N/A
  • 丶 dot

Common words using 永

永恆 yǒnghéng
eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
永遠 yǒngyuǎn
forever; eternal
永久 yǒngjiǔ
everlasting; perpetual; lasting
永別 yǒngbié
to part forever; eternal parting (i.e. death)
永和 yǒnghé
Yonghe or Yungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
永存 yǒngcún
everlasting; to endure forever
永生 yǒngshēng
to live forever; eternal life; all one's life
一勞永逸 yīláoyǒngyì
to get sth done once and for all
敘永 xùyǒng
Xuyong county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lu2 zhou1], Sichuan
敘永縣 xùyǒngxiàn
Xuyong county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lu2 zhou1], Sichuan
永不 yǒngbù
never; will never
永世 yǒngshì
eternal; forever

永 in a sentence

我會永遠記得你在我困難時幫過我。

Wǒ huì yǒngyuǎn jìde nǐ zài wǒ kùnnán shí bāng guò wǒ.

“I will forever remember that you helped me when I was in trouble.”

How common is 永?

永 is the 840th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.2% of all running text.

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