张
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to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 弓 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 張
- Common rank
- #492
- Unicode
- U+5F20
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Formation & memory
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Words with 张
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 张家口市 | Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 自作主张 | (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself | |
| 张家川回族自治县 | Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County, in Tianshui City 天水市[Tian1 shui3 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 性张力 | sexual tension | |
| 张家口 | see 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4] | |
| 表面张力 | surface tension | |
| 张北县 | Zhangbei, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 张治中 | Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general | |
| 张家界市 | Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 张德江 | Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician | |
| 血清张力素 | serotonin | |
| 张家长，李家短 | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors | |
| 尾张国 | Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefectur… | |
| 张家川县 | see 張家川回族自治縣|张家川回族自治县[Zhang1 jia1 chuan1 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 张心 | to be troubled; to be concerned | |
| 张家港市 | Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu | |
| 张三 | Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1],… | |
| 张力 | tension | |
| 张口 | to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request… | |
| 主张 | to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 长 — compare how they read.