长 — Chinese character
长
zhǎng
long, lasting; to excel in
- Pinyin
- zhǎng
- Radical
- 168 ⾧ (Long)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 一
- Formation
- ideographic — Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane
- Traditional
- 長
Common words with 长
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
| 成长 (成長) | chéng zhǎng | to mature; to grow |
| 市长 (市長) | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 家长 (家長) | jiā zhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 校长 (校長) | xiào zhǎng | (college, university) president; headmaster |
| 生长 (生長) | shēng zhǎng | to grow; to grow up |
| 院长 (院長) | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 (yuàn); chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China |
| 局长 (局長) | jú zhǎng | bureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè) |
| 长大 (長大) | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 秘书长 (秘書長) | mì shū zhǎng | secretary-general |
English words written with 长
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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