張 — lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch
ちょう
張
lengthen
ちょう
U+5F35
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #403
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #2071
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Remember 張
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Meanings
- lengthen
- counter for bows & stringed instruments
- stretch
- spread
- put up
Readings
- On'yomi
- ちょう chou
- Kun'yomi
- は ha ば ba
word
ちょう chou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
は ・ぱ・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
張
る
haru
to stretch
引
っ
張
る
hipparu
to pull
張
り
hari
tension
見
張
る
miharu
to stand watch
張
り
bari
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works)
張
り
切
る
harikiru
to be enthusiastic
ガ
ラ
ス
張
り
garasubari
glazing
張
り
出
す
haridasu
to project
張
り
紙
harigami
paper patch attached to something
見
張
り
mihari
watch
欲
張
り
yokubari
greed
欲
張
る
yokubaru
to be greedy
頑
張
る
ganbaru
to do one's best
頑
張
れ
る
ganbareru
to be able to persevere
突
っ
張
り
tsuppari
prop
突
っ
張
る
tsupparu
to cramp up
威
張
る
ibaru
to put on airs
縄
張
り
nawabari
stretching a rope around
踏
ん
張
る
funbaru
to brace one's legs
頑
張
り
ganbari
tenacity
Words by frequency and grade
30 wordsEach dot is a word containing 張: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 15 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.