张

zha̅ng = zh + ang1

surname Zhang

zha̅ng = zh + ang1

to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes

张 = 弓 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: a spreadsheet. James II of England (zh) practices his archery skills in front of the anglepod (ang1). Riding on a longboard (长) he shoots arrows using his composite bow (弓) trying to hit a spreadsheet (张).

张 character breakdown

张
- 弓
- 长
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - 丿
  - 乛

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)

Mnemonic symbol: this character just looks like a composite bow.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

cháng = ch + ang2

length / long / forever / always / constantly

长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.

zhǎng = zh + ang3

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

长 = 乛 + 丆 + 丿 : The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.

Characters with 张 as component

zhǎng = zh + ang3

to rise (of prices, rivers)

zhàng = zh + ang4

to swell / to distend

涨 = 张 + 氵 : James II of England (zh) accidentally poured a bottle of water (氵) over his spreadsheet (张) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and now it is swelling (涨) to an impressive size.

Words with 张

tension

to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)

Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player

tension and relaxation

Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine

Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing

Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist

A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer

variant of 張皇|张皇[zhang1 huang2]

Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist

Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]

Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed

Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu

Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term) / Zhangye, prefecture-level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu)

Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu

to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)

Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works

Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter

to be troubled / to be concerned

Sentences with 张

张 currently does not appear in any sentence.