Hi, I was doing Anki 10 min ago and this question just popped into my head, what’s your longest words in terms of Hiragana/Katakana that you know of that contains the least amout of kaji?
I know there are some old religious (shinto or buddhism) readings of certain kanji that get immensely long, but I don’t remember any in particular right now.
詔 (みことのり) is one that hasn’t been mentioned yet. Also there’s some weird kanji that aren’t really used with long readings on this site here [http://www.akatsukinishisu.net/kanji/nagakun/](http://www.akatsukinishisu.net/kanji/nagakun/).
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雷 is already 4 kana by itself. (かみなり).
志 read as こころざし is 5!
[閄 ](https://www.wdic.org/w/CUL/閄)
>発音
>音読み
>コク
>ワク
>訓読み
>きゅうにとびだしてひとをおどろかせるこゑ (大漢和辞典)
>ものかげからきゅうにとびだしてひとをおどろかせるときにはっす
…lol
塊魂 – かたまりだましい
承る = うけたまわる
I know there are some old religious (shinto or buddhism) readings of certain kanji that get immensely long, but I don’t remember any in particular right now.
詔 (みことのり) is one that hasn’t been mentioned yet. Also there’s some weird kanji that aren’t really used with long readings on this site here [http://www.akatsukinishisu.net/kanji/nagakun/](http://www.akatsukinishisu.net/kanji/nagakun/).
For 2 kanji the longest I know is 懐刀（ふところがたな）
婢 – めのこやつこ
6 syllables
昔話 （むかしばなし) is another fairly lengthy one