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
to grow (usually of abstract things); to develop; to yield
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
very long; endless
chief operating officer (COO) (Tw)
battalion commander
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
length (duration) of a film
one's special ability or strong points; personal strength
long and narrow
class monitor; team leader; squad leader
director general
to grow
growth hormone
growth rate
auxin (plant growth hormone)
Chang-Lin Tien, Chinese-American scholar
abbot
to be older than (you) by (humble)
slim
Reeves’s pheasant
Elliot's pheasant, a Chinese long-tailed bird
governor of a province
to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
short wavelength