Chinese symbol for “long”
长
cháng
Traditional: 長
long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at
The closest CC-CEDICT match for long is 长 (cháng), defined as: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “long”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 久 | jiǔ | (of a period of time) long |
| 悠久 | yōu jiǔ | long (tradition, history etc) |
| 漫漫 | màn màn | long; endless |
| 悠长 (悠長) | yōu cháng | long; drawn-out |
| 莘 | shēn | long; numerous |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “long”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.