漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
張: counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch
Also: spread, put up (tent)
JLPT N111 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
弓 carries the meaning · 長 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 拡張するかくちょうするextend, expand
- 緊張するきんちょうするbe nervous
- 主張するしゅちょうするassert, claim, insist
- 出張するしゅっちょうするgo on a business trip
はるharu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 張るはるstick, stretch
- 頑張るがんばるtry one's best
- 威張るいばるswagger, put on airs
- 引っ張るひっぱるpull, stretch
Also read -はり, -ばり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)弓 bow (meaning) + 長 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 張 (rev. 93436899), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Bow (弓) + long (長). To pull a bow string "long" until it is fully stretched and ready to fire; also used for spreading out maps or tents.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side張 counter for bows & stringed instruments · 弓
vs帳 notebook · 巾In ChineseSimplified 张 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhāng
Japan keeps the traditional form 張; mainland China simplifies it to 张.
- Simplified
- 张 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 張 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhāng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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