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張

zhāng

stretch

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components
弓 meaning component

弓  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

長 sound component

長  Sound component

zhǎng, cháng

  

long

Evolution

張 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
張 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
張 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
張 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

张 (張) 

zhāng

stretch, extend, expand; sheet; to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes

张 (張) 

Zhāng

surname Zhang

Most common words with 張
Freq.
Word
Meaning

张

to open up

紧张

nervous

扩张

expansion

主张

to advocate

夸张

to exaggerate

Component uses

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

漲

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.traŋ

trjang

zhāng

draw a bow


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 81.5313% of movies

375th most common character in movies

318th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

张

Unicode

U+5F35

Shuowen

“張，施弓弦也。从弓，長聲。”


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