張 — lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch

ちょう張 lengthen

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

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.

Meanings

lengthen
counter for bows & stringed instruments
stretch
spread
put up

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).

張(ちょう) chou Zhang (Chinese surname) 主(しゅ) 張(ちょう) shuchou claim 出(しゅっ) 張(ちょう) shucchou business trip 拡(かく) 張(ちょう) kakuchou expansion 緊(きん) 張(ちょう) kinchou tension 膨(ぼう) 張(ちょう) bouchou expansion 誇(こ) 張(ちょう) kochou exaggeration

は・ば・ぱ 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(は) る haru to stretch 引(ひ) っ張(ぱ) る hipparu to pull 張(は) り hari tension 見(み) 張(は) る miharu to stand watch 張(は) り切(き) る harikiru to be enthusiastic 頑(がん) 張(ば) る ganbaru to do one's best 頑(がん) 張(ば) れる ganbareru to be able to persevere

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ゆみ弓 bow #57

ながい長 long #168

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#57 弓 bow

張 — lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch

Meanings

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・ば・ぱ 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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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張 — lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch

Meanings

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 ・ば・ぱ 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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

は・ば・ぱ 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).