丈
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measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,753 U+4E08
How 丈 is formed
How to remember it
100 Chinese inches · Heisig RSH #837
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 丈 as their sound component
These characters all use 丈 (zhàng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丈 sound component | zhàng | gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters |
| 仗 | zhàng | 1to rely upon; protector; to fight; war, weaponry |
| 杖 | zhàng | cane, walking stick |
Words containing 丈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 万丈高楼平地起 | wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ | towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns gro… |
| 无毒不丈夫 | wú dú bù zhàng fu | no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless. |
| 树高千丈，落叶归根 | shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn | see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1] |
| 树高千丈，叶落归根 | shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn | fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)… |
| 道高一尺，魔高一丈 | dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng | (saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challen… |
| 男子汉大丈夫 | nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu | (coll.) he-man |
| 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑 | zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom); fig. at a total loss |
| 丈二金刚摸不着头脑 | zhàng èr Jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎo | see 丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚，摸不着头脑[zhang4 er4 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3] |
| 老丈人 | lǎo zhàng ren | (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) |
| 一落千丈 | yī luò qiān zhàng | lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to s… |
| 古丈县 | Gǔ zhàng Xiàn | Guzhang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu… |
| 大丈夫 | dà zhàng fu | a manly man; a man of character |
| 火冒三丈 | huǒ mào sān zhàng | to get really angry |
| 大丈夫能屈能伸 | dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn | A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.; ready to give and take; flexible |
| 丈人 | zhàng rén | wife's father (father-in-law); old man |
| 市丈 | shì zhàng | zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters) |
| 公丈 | gōng zhàng | decameter |
| 老丈 | lǎo zhàng | sir (respectful form of address for an old man) |
| 方丈 | Fāng zhang | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals |
| 方丈 | fāng zhang | square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or… |