zhǎng cháng

to grow; to develop; to increase

Character data

Radical ⾧ (168.0)
Strokes 8
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

長 zhǎng
  1. 1. to grow
  2. 2. to develop
  3. 3. to increase
  4. 4. to enhance
  5. 5. elder
  6. 6. head
  7. 7. chief
長 cháng
  1. 1. long
  2. 2. length
  3. 3. always
  4. 4. constantly
  5. 5. forever

Stroke order

長 stroke order diagram

Words containing 長

Word Meaning
treasurer; head of finances; minister of finance
to possess nothing except bare necessities
height (of person)
to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons
to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons
gabbro (geology)
to seem to grow younger; to regain one's youthful looks
company commander
perimeter; circumference; variant of zhōu cháng
Taoist priest; Daoist priest
length (of a side, geom.)
minister; head of a (government etc) department
minister level conference
minister level conference
ministerial level (e.g. negotiations)
minister level conference
village chief; mayor (of village or township)
tribal chief; headman (of primitive people)
Emirate; Sheikdom
neighborhood warden
silver-throated bushtit bird
sooty bushtit, a small Chinese songbird
mayor (of small town or village); town headman; bailiff
(old) high-class prostitute
Yangtze River Delta; abbr. for cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu