How to write 丈 (zhàng, “measure of length”)
丈 (zhàng), an HSK 2 character, means “measure of length”, “to measure” and “husband”. It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, down from level 4 in the 2021 standard. As an overlapping character it splits into 一 (“one”, the radical), stroke 1; 又 (“again”), strokes 2–3, written the first part first. Its 3 strokes put it among the simplest at HSK 2. It is part of the HSK word 丈夫 (“husband”), and of 丈人 (“wife's father”) and 公丈 (“decameter”). Japanese reads it jou, “length”.
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 一 (“one”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdownwards → leftwards
- Right-falling stroke ㇏leftdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| zhàng fourth tone | measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male | — | 丈夫 丈人 公丈 姐丈 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 4
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 25 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 丈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丈夫 | zhàngfu | husband HSK 2 |
| 丈人 | zhàngrén | wife's father (father-in-law); old man |
| 公丈 | gōngzhàng | decameter |
| 姐丈 | jiězhàng | older sister's husband; brother-in-law |
| 市丈 | shìzhàng | zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters) |
| 师丈 師丈 | shīzhàng | teacher's husband |
| 老丈 | lǎozhàng | sir (respectful form of address for an old man) |
| 老丈人 | lǎozhàngren | father-in-law (wife's father) |
| 万丈 萬丈 | wànzhàng | lit. ten thousand fathoms; fig. extremely high or deep |
| 大丈夫 | dàzhàngfu | a manly man; a man of character |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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