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

= + : 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

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).
length / long / forever / always / constantly

= + + 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.
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

= + + 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

to rise (of prices, rivers)
to swell / to distend

= + : 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

Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
to post (a notice) / to advertise
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1]
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei / fig. an impossible combination / an impossible turn of events (idiom)
Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War

Sentences with 张

张 currently does not appear in any sentence.