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
(literary) things other than the bare necessities of life
(old) footman; servant
long life
immortality
immortality
to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom)
peanut; groundnut (slang)
tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)
eldest son
better a quick pain than a long one
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan bái shān, Jilin
Changbai Mountain on China–N Korea border
Heaven Lake on Changbai Mountain
Changbai Korean Autonomous County in Jilin
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan bái shān, Jilin
Changbai town in Jilin, China
looks; appearance; countenance
Sauvignon blanc (grape type)
eternal rest (i.e. death)
to have eyes; (fig.) to look where one is going
pike; lance
to acquire knowledge
length; duration; long and short
stone beam; horizontal slab of stone
(literary) the vast sky; poor prospects in the long term