Character Contained In References Comments
 Simplified  Traditional  Ancient forms  Archaic forms
   traditional formhandwritten form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
Mandarin
yong3, yong4
English
Definitions
perpetual (ly); forever; always; eternal; long
Mnemonic
Streams endlessly merging
Etymology
Notes
A man turned toward a fork in the road – indicating beginning a set course; line on right added later perhaps to indicate no turning back; this character is usually interpreted as a joining of streams; however often accompanied this character showing it has to do with walking; the ancient meaning seems to be distant; to branch off: later this character seems to have been widely interpreted as a branching of streams; hence the modern similarity with