張 — kanji meaning “counter for bows & stringed instruments”
張
counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
- Meanings
- counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- は.る、-は.り、-ば.り
- Name readings
- はり、わり
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #403 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 57
- Chinese reading
- zhāng — Chinese character page
Words with 張
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主張 | しゅちょう shuchou | claim; insistence; assertion |
| 緊張 | きんちょう kinchou | tension; strain; nervousness |
| 拡張 | かくちょう kakuchou | expansion; extension; enlargement |
| 出張 | しゅっちょう shutchou | business trip; official trip |
| 頑張る | がんばる ganbaru | to persevere; to persist; to keep at it |
| 膨張 | ぼうちょう bouchou | expansion; swelling; increase |
| 張る | はる haru | to stick; to paste; to affix |
| 引っ張る | ひっぱる hipparu | to pull; to draw; to pull tight |
| 縄張り | なわばり nawabari | stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off |
| 張り | ばり bari | in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of |
| 頑張り | がんばり ganbari | tenacity; endurance |
| 誇張 | こちょう kochou | exaggeration |
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