长

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long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane

Components 一 ? unknown part

long · Heisig RSH #1428

plow + floor + animal horns + animal legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
长子县	Zhǎng zǐ Xiàn	Zhangzi, a county in Changzhi City 長治市\|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxi
子长市	Zǐ cháng Shì	Zichang, a county-level city in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi
子长	Zǐ cháng	see 子長市\|子长市[Zi3 chang2 Shi4]
长子	Zhǎng zǐ	see 長子縣\|长子县[Zhang3 zi3 Xian4]
长子	zhǎng zǐ	eldest son
长安大学	Cháng ān Dà xué	Chang'an University
长大	zhǎng dà	to grow up
天长市	Tiān cháng Shì	Tianchang, a county-level city in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
区长	qū zhǎng	district chief
县长	xiàn zhǎng	county's head commissioner
长海县	Cháng hǎi Xiàn	Changhai, a county in Dalian City 大連市\|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning
长白县	Cháng bái Xiàn	see 長白朝鮮族自治縣\|长白朝鲜族自治县[Chang2 bai2 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
山高水长	shān gāo shuǐ cháng	high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
长白山	Cháng bái shān	Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山\|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and N…
市长	shì zhǎng	mayor
学长	xué zhǎng	senior or older male schoolmate
长安区	Cháng ān Qū	Chang'an, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi; Chang'an, a district of Shi…
生长	shēng zhǎng	to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
长生	cháng shēng	long life
天长	Tiān cháng	see 天長市\|天长市[Tian1 chang2 Shi4]

These characters use 长 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
长 sound part	cháng	long, lasting; to excel in
张	zhāng	to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
账	zhàng	accounts, bills; credit, debt
帐	zhàng	tent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account
胀	zhàng	swelling, inflation
怅	chàng	disappointed; regretful; upset
伥	chāng	the ghost of one devoured by a tiger
苌	cháng	Averrhora carambola; surname
枨	chéng	jamb, door stop; to touch