How to write 长 (cháng, “long”)
长, an HSK 2 character, is read cháng for “long” and “length”, and also zhǎng (“to grow”). The traditional form is 長, 8 strokes instead of 4. On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 校长 (“president”), 家长 (“head of a household”) and 院长 (“the head of an institution whose name ends in 院”). Japanese keeps the traditional 長, read chou (“long”).
- Pinyin
- cháng, zhǎng
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 长 (“long”)
- Traditional
- 長
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- topdown and right → down and left
- leftrightwards
- top leftdownwards → up and right
- centerdown and right
Traditional form
- Simplified
- 长 · 4 strokes
- Traditional
- 長 · 8 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| cháng second tone | long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare | 長 | 长期 长远 长久 长处 |
| zhǎng third tone | to grow; chief; head; elder; to develop | 長 | 校长 家长 院长 增长 |
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- level 2
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- Words with it
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Words with 长
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长 長 | cháng | long; length HSK 2 |
| 校长 校長 | xiàozhǎng | (college, university) president; headmaster HSK 3 |
| 家长 家長 | jiāzhǎng | head of a household; family head HSK 4 |
| 院长 院長 | yuànzhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 (yuàn); chair of a… HSK 4 |
| 增长 增長 | zēngzhǎng | to grow; to increase HSK 4 |
| 队长 隊長 | duìzhǎng | captain; team leader HSK 4 |
| 生长 生長 | shēngzhǎng | to grow; to grow up HSK 5 |
| 长期 長期 | chángqī | long-term; for a protracted period HSK 5 |
| 长远 長遠 | chángyuǎn | long-term; long-range HSK 5 |
| 成长 成長 | chéngzhǎng | to mature; to grow HSK 5 |
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