| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 長 | ちょう, おさ | chief, head |
| 委員長 | いいんちょう | committee chairman |
| 会長 | かいちょう | president (of a society), chairman |
| 議長 | ぎちょう | chairman, speaker (e.g. of assembly), president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup) |
| 社長 | しゃちょう | company president, manager, director |
| 成長 | せいちょう | growth, grow to adulthood |
| 長官 | ちょうかん | secretary (government), director, chief |
| 長男 | ちょうなん | eldest son |
| 部長 | ぶちょう | head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club, head of a (school) team |
| 延長 | えんちょう | extension, elongation, prolongation, lengthening; Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26) |
