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
(Western) concert flute
stocking
tall boots
lengthy (report or speech)
novel
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)
long-grain rice; Indica rice
stockings
long term
elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk
Presbyterianism
older person; senior
(bird species of China) long-eared owl (Asio otus)
(bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex)
gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
the summer solstice
Changxing county in Huzhou hú zhōu, Zhejiang
Changxing county in Huzhou hú zhōu, Zhejiang
loquacious; to have a loose tongue
female gossip; busybody
the rough (golf)
Changge county level city in Shangqiu shāng qiū, Henan
Changge county level city in Shangqiu shāng qiū, Henan
strong points; good aspects