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張

Kanji 張: meaning "stretch, spread", readings, stroke order

The kanji 張 means "stretch, spread". On'yomi: チョウ; kun'yomi: はる. JLPT N2 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
stretch, spread
On'yomi
チョウ
Kun'yomi
はる
Strokes
11
Level
JLPT N2
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 張

  • 緊張 きんちょう — Tension / nervousness
  • 頑張る がんばる — to try one's best, to try hard, to persist
  • 出張 しゅっちょう — business trip
  • 引っ張る ひっぱる — to pull, to stretch, to drag
  • 主張 しゅちょう — Assertion / argument
  • 威張る いばる — to be proud, to swagger
  • 拡張 かくちょう — expansion, extension
  • 張り切る はりきる — to be in high spirits, to be full of vigor
  • 欲張り よくばり — greedy
  • 誇張 こちょう — exaggeration
  • 突っ張る つっぱる — to support, to become stiff; to thrust (ones opponent), to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on
  • 膨張 ぼうちょう — expansion, swelling, increase

Stroke order · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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