丈
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measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male
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- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 +2
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 丈
- Common rank
- #1,753
- Unicode
- U+4E08
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Formation & memory
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Words with 丈
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 万丈高楼平地起 | towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns gro… | |
| 无毒不丈夫 | no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless. | |
| 树高千丈，落叶归根 | see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1] | |
| 树高千丈，叶落归根 | fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)… | |
| 道高一尺，魔高一丈 | (saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challen… | |
| 男子汉大丈夫 | (coll.) he-man | |
| 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑 | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom); fig. at a total loss | |
| 丈二金刚摸不着头脑 | see 丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚，摸不着头脑[zhang4 er4 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3] | |
| 老丈人 | (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) | |
| 一落千丈 | lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to s… | |
| 古丈县 | Guzhang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu… | |
| 大丈夫 | a manly man; a man of character | |
| 火冒三丈 | to get really angry | |
| 大丈夫能屈能伸 | A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.; ready to give and take; flexible | |
| 丈人 | wife's father (father-in-law); old man | |
| 市丈 | zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters) | |
| 公丈 | decameter | |
| 老丈 | sir (respectful form of address for an old man) | |
| 方丈 | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | |
| 方丈 | square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or… |
Sound family
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