• 318th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 137 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhāng (Zhang1)surname Zhang
2. zhāng (zhang1)to open up • to spread • sheet of paper • classifier for flat objects, sheet • classifier for votes

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhāng (zhang1)The component is pronounced as 'cháng' (chang2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhāng (zhang1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǎng' (zhang3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

张居正 (張居正)
扩张 (擴張)
紧张 (緊張)
夸张 (誇張)

Uncommon

主张 (主張)
嚣张 (囂張)
张三 (張三)
张伯伦 (張伯倫)
张力 (張力)
张口 (張口)
张国荣 (張國榮)
张大千 (張大千)
张学友 (張學友)
张学良 (張學良)
张家口 (張家口)
张家港 (張家港)
张家界 (張家界)
张弛 (張弛)
张惠妹 (張惠妹)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
张扬 (張揚)
张望 (張望)
张柏芝 (張柏芝)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
张牙舞爪 (張牙舞爪)
张罗 (張羅)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
张贴 (張貼)
张开 (張開)
张韶涵 (張韶涵)
张飞 (張飛)
慌张 (慌張)
东张西望 (東張西望)
纸张 (紙張)
声张 (聲張)
铺张浪费 (鋪張浪費)
开张 (開張)

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  • 2437th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 2 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bīn (bin1)variant of 彬[bin1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

张斌 (張斌)

Uncommon

杨斌 (楊斌)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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