(cháng) - long; to grow in Mandarin
chángTraditional: 長
Translation
long; to grow
Word origin
The simplified 长 derives from a pictograph of a person with long, flowing hair, conveying length and, by extension, growth and seniority. It is read cháng for 'long' and zhǎng for 'to grow' or 'elder'.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- a figure with long hair
Stroke order
长
Examples
河。
This river is very long.
。
Her hair is very long.
。
Children grow up so quickly.
河。
This river is extremely long.
。
She has long hair.
长 (cháng) means long, and pronounced zhǎng means to grow.
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Appears in 5 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 长.
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