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
trombone
Changhong (brand)
Hydra (constellation)
single-line formation (army); fig. long line
(coll.) snake
long gown; cheongsam
robe; gown; chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe)
long sleeves; long-sleeved shirt
money and power make things easy; well connected
cheong sam (long skirt)
trousers
stocking; hose
to gain knowledge and experience
Tibetan long horned antelope
(coll.) to learn one's lesson
long poem
to make a long story short (idiom)
a long talk
Hasegawa (Japanese surname)
Changfeng county in Hefei hé féi, Anhui
Changfeng county in Hefei hé féi, Anhui
to vegetate
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
rapid progress
(bird species of China) long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta)