Chinese Character 張 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

張 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhang.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Gong (弓) , and length (長)

Its radical[1] is: (gong1) which means: Surname Gong, .gong1surname Gong

In cangjie it is written with NSMV

How to write 張

To writezhang1surname Zhang you should write a combination of gong1surname Gong , zhang3length arranged in a shape:

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張 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 張 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:zhang1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhang

Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong

Pinyin:zhang3
Meaning[3]: Length . Long . Forever . Always . Constantly

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 張in English or Chinese