Memory phrase for the character: 张

张

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Meaning

stretch, expand, classifier for flat objects(=sheets)

Pronunciation

 zhāng

Explanation

 Left: bow 弓, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)

Mnemonic
 
The bow is long and stretched and can lie flat.

Radicals

弓 bow
長 longThis radical has a similarity to horse 馬, where the horse's long mane blows in the wind. Think here at “long 長” to a long clothing 衣 blowing in the wind.
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 Vocabulary

主张 zhǔ zhāng  to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion
张国焘 Zhāng Guó tāo  Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
张作霖 Zhāng Zuò lín  Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
嚣张 xiāo zhāng  rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive
张斌 Zhāng Bīn  Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter
夸张 kuā zhāng  to exaggerate; vaunted; overstated; exaggerated
张贴 zhāng tiē  to post (a notice); to advertise
张之洞 Zhāng Zhī dòng  Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
张力 zhāng lì  tension
扩张 kuò zhāng  expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
紧张 jǐn zhāng  nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
紧张 jǐn zhāng  

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