zhǎng cháng

to grow; to develop; to increase

HSK 2 #109

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 109th character
Radical ⾧ (168.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 127
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

长 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
长 cháng
  1. 1. long
  2. 2. length
  3. 3. always
  4. 4. constantly
  5. 5. forever

Stroke order

长 stroke order diagram
长 stroke order animation

Words containing 长

Word Meaning
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
teaching benefits both teachers and students
Minister of Education; Director of Education Department
dean; imam (Islam); mullah
plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
seasonal cycle of farm work
duration
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
eldest
presidency (Mormon Church)
Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
to gossip (idiom)
(bird species of China) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos)
Prosecutor-General (Tw)
orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
full of noble aspiration and daring
(coll.) are you blind or something?
baguette
to ebb and rise; to decrease and then grow
with a long history; from very early times
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
chief operating officer (COO) (Tw)
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
length (duration) of a film