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
(coll.) to play mahjong
(coll.) to play mahjong
president or director (of association etc)
good luck and long life
section chief
secretary-general
station master
black-throated bushtit bird
fig. economy will get you a long way
slender
group leader
economic growth
economic growth rate
prolonged; long and continuous (coastline, sound etc)
county's head commissioner
(military) Chief of Staff
president of the association
total length
overall length; director-general
Oda Nobunaga, 16th-century Japanese warlord
person in charge of a (section or department); head
to die; to depart from the world forever
captain (of a boat); skipper
captain (of a warship); commander
head of music section in imperial court