Chinese Character Wiki
長

zhǎng, cháng

long

Pictograph of an old person with long hair using a cane to walk.

Evolution

長 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
長 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
長 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

长 (長) 

zhǎng

long; length; excel in; leader; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance

长 (長) 

cháng

forever; always; constantly

Most common words with 長
Freq.
Word
Meaning

长

chief

长官

senior official

增长

to grow

长期

long term

成长

to mature

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (1 verified)

張 帳 脹 賬 悵 倀

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə-[N]-traŋ

drjang

cháng

long (adj.)

*traŋʔ

trjangX

zhǎng

grow; elder


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 94.5539% of movies

190th most common character in movies

109th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

长

Unicode

U+9577

Shuowen

“長，久遠也。从兀，从匕。兀者，高遠意也。久則變化。亾聲。●者倒亾也。，古文長；，亦古文長。”


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