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
bank president
height (of person)
long distance
long-distance bus; coach
long; drawn-out; prolonged
to be good at sth; one's forte
minister of finance
gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
overall length; span
perimeter; circumference; variant of zhōu cháng
head of a committee
auditor
presiding judge
platoon leader; sergeant
station master
all the year round
Changsha, capital city of Hunan, China
(fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth
provost
growth hormone
strip
proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
slim
governor of a province