长
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long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #52 U+957F
How 长 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane
How to remember it
long · Heisig RSH #1428
plow + floor + animal horns + animal legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 长 as their sound component
These characters all use 长 (cháng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长 sound component | cháng | long, lasting; to excel in |
| 张 | zhāng | to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper |
| 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 长
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长子县 | Zhǎng zǐ Xiàn | Zhangzi, a county in Changzhi City 長治市|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 子长市 | Zǐ cháng Shì | Zichang, a county-level city in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 子长 | Zǐ cháng | see 子長市|子长市[Zi3 chang2 Shi4] |
| 长子 | Zhǎng zǐ | see 長子縣|长子县[Zhang3 zi3 Xian4] |
| 长子 | zhǎng zǐ | eldest son |
| 长安大学 | Cháng ān Dà xué | Chang'an University |
| 长大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 天长市 | Tiān cháng Shì | Tianchang, a county-level city in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 区长 | qū zhǎng | district chief |
| 县长 | xiàn zhǎng | county's head commissioner |
| 长海县 | Cháng hǎi Xiàn | Changhai, a county in Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 长白县 | Cháng bái Xiàn | see 長白朝鮮族自治縣|长白朝鲜族自治县[Chang2 bai2 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 山高水长 | shān gāo shuǐ cháng | high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching |
| 长白山 | Cháng bái shān | Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and N… |
| 市长 | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 学长 | xué zhǎng | senior or older male schoolmate |
| 长安区 | Cháng ān Qū | Chang'an, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi; Chang'an, a district of Shi… |
| 生长 | shēng zhǎng | to grow; to grow up; to be brought up |
| 长生 | cháng shēng | long life |
| 天长 | Tiān cháng | see 天長市|天长市[Tian1 chang2 Shi4] |