懂中文 Dong Chinese

張

zhāng

stretch

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components
弓 meaning component

弓  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

長 sound component

長  Sound component

zhǎng, cháng

  

long

Evolution

張 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
張 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
張 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
張 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

张 (張) 

zhāng

stretch, extend, expand; sheet; to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes

张 (張) 

Zhāng

surname Zhang

Most common words with 張
Freq.
Word
Meaning

张

to open up

紧张

nervous

扩张

expansion

主张

to advocate

夸张

to exaggerate

Component uses

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

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