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zhǎng

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zhǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǎng | zhang3
English translation
long, lasting; to excel in

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About zhǎng

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Number of strokes

8

Radical frequency

55

Traditional form

zhǎng

Contains the radical

zhǎng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

An old man with long hair and a cane

Etymology of zhǎng

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿱??

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with long hair. The simplified character cháng was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character zhǎng .

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Words with zhǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cháng chief zhǎng
长官 zhǎng guān senior official長官
增长 zēng zhǎng to grow增長
长期 cháng qī long term長期
成长 chéngzhǎng to mature成長
队长 duì zhǎng captain隊長
家长 jiā zhǎng family head家長
长大 zhǎng dà to grow up長大
市长 shì zhǎng mayor市長
局长 jú zhǎng bureau chief局長
船长 chuán zhǎng skipper船長
校长 xiàozhǎng headmaster校長
擅长 shàncháng to be good at擅長
生长 shēngzhǎng to grow生長
部长 bù zhǎng section chief部長
董事长 dǒngshìzhǎng chairman董事長
会长 huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc會長
探长 tàn zhǎng (police) detective探長
延长 Yáncháng to prolong延長
漫长 màncháng very long漫長
长江 ChángJiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang長江
长久 cháng jiǔ (for a) long time長久
院长 yuàn zhǎng chair of a board院長
长沙 Cháng shā Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China長沙

zhǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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