张
to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #492 U+5F20
How 张 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
弓 (semantic, “bow”) + 长 (phonetic, cháng)
How to remember it
stretch · Heisig RSH #1429
弓 bow + 长 long
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 长
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 长 (cháng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长 sound component | cháng | long, lasting; to excel in |
| 账 | zhàng | accounts, bills; credit, debt |
| 帐 | zhàng | tent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account |
| 胀 | zhàng | swelling, inflation |
| 怅 | chàng | disappointed; regretful; upset |
| 伥 | chāng | the ghost of one devoured by a tiger |
| 苌 | cháng | Averrhora carambola; surname |
| 枨 | chéng | jamb, door stop; to touch |
Words containing 张
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 张家口市 | Zhāng jiā kǒu Shì | Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3] |
| 自作主张 | zì zuò zhǔ zhāng | (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself |
| 张家川回族自治县 | Zhāng jiā chuān Huí zú Zì zhì xiàn | Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County, in Tianshui City 天水市[Tian1 shui3 Shi4], Gansu |
| 性张力 | xìng zhāng lì | sexual tension |
| 张家口 | Zhāng jiā kǒu | see 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4] |
| 表面张力 | biǎo miàn zhāng lì | surface tension |
| 张北县 | Zhāng běi Xiàn | Zhangbei, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 张治中 | Zhāng Zhì zhōng | Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general |
| 张家界市 | Zhāng jiā jiè Shì | Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 张德江 | Zhāng Dé jiāng | Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician |
| 血清张力素 | xuè qīng zhāng lì sù | serotonin |
| 张家长，李家短 | Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors |
| 尾张国 | Wěi zhāng guó | Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefectur… |
| 张家川县 | Zhāng jiā chuān Xiàn | see 張家川回族自治縣|张家川回族自治县[Zhang1 jia1 chuan1 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 张心 | zhāng xīn | to be troubled; to be concerned |
| 张家港市 | Zhāng jiā gǎng Shì | Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 张三 | Zhāng Sān | Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1],… |
| 张力 | zhāng lì | tension |
| 张口 | zhāng kǒu | to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request… |
| 主张 | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|… |