The kanji 張: meaning, readings and stroke order
張
- Meaning
- stretch, spread
- On reading
- チョウ chou
- Kun reading
- は(る) haru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 弓 bow
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- căng ra, giăng (trương)
- Japanese
- ぴんと はる。ひろげる。
- Korean
- 펼치다, 팽팽하게 하다 (장)
- Chinese
- 拉紧、张开 (张)
Readings, words and example sentences
チョウ chou · on reading
主張
stating one's view, claim
自分の 考えを はっきり 主張します。
I state my own ideas clearly.
は(る) haru · kun reading
張る
to spread over, to form (ice)
池に 氷が 張りました。
Ice formed over the pond.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.