張 — Japanese kanji
11 strokes · N1
Meanings: Lengthen, Counter For Bows & Stringed Instruments, Stretch, Spread, Put Up (tent)
On’yomi: ちょう · Kun’yomi: は.る、-は.り、-ば.り
Radicals in 張
- 弓 — bow (3 strokes)
- 長 — long (8 strokes)
Words using 張
- 誇張 (こちょう): exaggeration — Communication, Media & Expression
- 板張り (いたばり): wooden flooring; boarded floor — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 01 - A New Life
- 緊張 する (きんちょうする): be nervous (v) — 第6週 (6) - 意味がたくさんある動詞②
- 主張（する） (しゅちょう（する）): to assert; to insist — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 20 - Technology and Everyday Life
- 出張します (しゅっちょうします): go on a business trip — どう しましたか？ — Health check-ins and obligations
- 出張所 (しゅっちょうじょ): branch office; satellite office — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 15 - Manners and Etiquette
- 高まる（緊張が～） (たかまる（きんちょうが～）): rising tension～ — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 23 - Japanese History
- 張る（弦を～） (はる（げんを～）): stretch the strings — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 20 - Technology and Everyday Life
- 引っ張る (ひっぱる): to pull; to tug — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 23 - Japanese History
- ひと頑張り (ひとがんばり): one more effort; a final push — Lesson 15: Smile Most When It’s Tough
- 膨張 (ぼうちょう): expansion, swelling, increase — Actions, Change & Processes
- 緊張 (緊張（きんちょう）): to be nervous; nervousness — Personality and Feelings
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