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
good prospects in the long term (finance)
long dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
lit. many nights under a harsh moon
to grow up
eldest daughter
older sister
eldest son; Zhangzi county in Shanxi 西shān xī
Changzhi county in Changzhi cháng zhì, Shanxi
to exist forever
two-character surname Zhangsun; eldest grandson
Zhangsun Wuji, Tang dynasty statesman
Chang'an, old name of Xi'an; Xi'an district
Chang'an District of Xi’an 西xī ān shì, Shaanxi
Chang'an University
senior official; senior officer; commanding officer
Changning County in Yibin yí bīn, Sichuan
Changning district, central Shanghai
Changning county in Yibin yí bīn, Sichuan
the long tail
(bird species of China) long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni)
large-tailed nightjar; a night bird
long-tailed sibia, a small songbird
long-tailed minivet, a small songbird
long-tailed rosefinch, a small bird