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
use strengths to make up for weaknesses
bureau chief
learn from mistakes; grow wiser after loss
each displays their own strengths (idiom)
the noble are calm; the petty always worry
tribal leader; (old) sovereign
perimeter; circumference; variant of zhōu cháng
cheerleader
secretary of state; foreign minister
chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress
Defense Minister; Defense secretary
head of a kindergarten, zoo or park
head of a delegation; regimental command
locally born and bred; home-grown; indigenous
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal
chief executive
to increase; to grow
Virudhaka (one of the Heavenly Kings)
growth rate (esp. in economics)
not to have long to live (often fig.)
minister of foreign affairs
foreign minister; minister of foreign affairs
abbot
to form a long queue (idiom)