(cháng) - long; to grow in Mandarin
chángTraditional: 長
Translation
long; to grow
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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
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Examples
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This river is very long.
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Her hair is very long.
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Children grow up so quickly.
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This river is extremely long.
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She has long hair.
长 (cháng) means long, and pronounced zhǎng means to grow.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 长.
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