张

zhāng

to open; to spread; measure word (for flat things)

Radical: 弓 HSK 3 q, nr, v, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

张 decomposes into the following components:

弓 长

Semantic component: 弓; phonetic component: 长.

Words containing 张

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 张.

主张
zhǔ zhāng
to advocate
乖张
guāi zhāng
recalcitrant
伸张
shēn zhāng
to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue)
关张
guān zhāng
单张
dān zhāng
嚣张
xiāo zhāng
rampant
声张
shēng zhāng
to make public
夸张
kuā zhāng
to exaggerate
开张
kāi zhāng
open a business
张三
zhāng sān
John Doe
张丹
zhāng dān
Zhang Dan
张仪
zhāng yí
Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

Related characters (radical 弓)

Characters that share the radical 弓.

弓 弔 引 弗 弘 弛 弟 弥 弦 弧 弩 弪 弭 弮 弯 弱 弳 張 強 弹 强 弼 彀 彆

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