Chinese symbol for “tension”
张力
zhāng lì
Traditional: 張力
tension
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tension is 张力 (zhāng lì), defined as: tension.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 张力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 扩张 (擴張) | kuò zhāng | expansion; dilation |
| 夸张 (誇張) | kuā zhāng | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated |
| 张开 (張開) | zhāng kāi | to open up; to spread |
| 张贴 (張貼) | zhāng tiē | to post (a notice); to advertise |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tension”.
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.