Memory phrase for the Kanji: 张


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

Pronunciation

zhāng

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


 
The bow is long and stretched and can lie flat.

Radicals

bow
longThis radical has a similarity to horse 馬, where the horse's long mane blows in the wind. Think hera at “long ” to a long clothing 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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