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涨

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to rise (of prices, rivers)

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
10
Radical
水 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
漲
Common rank
#1,930
Unicode
U+6DA8

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Formation & memory

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How 涨 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 张 sound ( zhāng )

Components 氵 张

How to remember it

swell · Heisig RSH #1430

水 water + stretch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 涨

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WordPinyinMeaning
水涨船高 shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop…
头昏脑涨 tóu hūn nǎo zhàng variant of 頭昏腦脹|头昏脑胀[tou2 hun1 nao3 zhang4]
涨水 zhǎng shuǐ rise of water level
头晕脑涨 tóu yūn nǎo zhàng variant of 頭暈腦脹|头晕脑胀[tou2 yun1 nao3 zhang4]
上涨 shàng zhǎng to rise; to go up
高涨 gāo zhǎng to surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
涨风 zhǎng fēng upward trend (in prices)
脸红筋涨 liǎn hóng jīn zhǎng red and tense with anger (idiom)
涨红 zhàng hóng to turn red (in the face); to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
涨停板 zhǎng tíng bǎn daily upper limit on the price of a stock
涨落 zhǎng luò (of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
飞涨 fēi zhǎng soaring inflation; rocketing prices
涨满 zhàng mǎn full to the point of overflowing (fluid, emotions etc)
涨价 zhǎng jià to appreciate (in value); to increase in price
涨到 zhǎng dào to go up; to rise
涨钱 zhǎng qián inflation; salary raise
看涨 kàn zhǎng (finance) bullish
涨粉 zhǎng fěn to get more fans; to gain followers
涨势 zhǎng shì rising trend; upward momentum (e.g. in prices)
暴涨 bào zhǎng to increase sharply; to rise dramatically