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
Yangtze River Delta economic region in China
(for a) long time
long vacation
eldest brother
bench; pew
to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
how well a crop (or plant) is growing; growth
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
to sigh again and again; to keep moaning
wish you long life and wealth
long sigh; deep sigh
long-billed plover bird
dark-sided thrush (a kind of bird)
little spiderhunter bird of Asia
(bird species of China) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima)
large scimitar babbler bird species
long-billed wren babbler bird
long-billed dowitcher, a shore bird
Zhao Yun’s seven daring charges at Changban
Changyuan county in Xinxiang xīn xiāng, Henan
Changyuan county in Xinxiang xīn xiāng, Henan
the Great Wall
Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton xǐ lái dēng)
longevity; long lived; ability to live long
Changshou District, Chongqing