Memory phrase for the Kanji: 长


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Meaning length, long, elder

Pronunciation

cháng, zhǎng

Explanation

Simplified from which showed the long mane/hair in the wind and feet of a galloping horse

Mnemonic


 
The long mane in the wind of a galloping horse stands for: 'long'.

Radicals

longThis radical has a similarity to horse 馬, where the horse's long mane blows in the wind. Think hera at “long ” to a long clothing blowing in the wind.
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 Vocabulary

 长柄大镰刀  cháng bǐng dà lián dāo  scythe
 长崎  Cháng qí  Nagasaki, Japan
 长凳  cháng dèng  pew; bench
 擅长  shàn cháng  to be good at; to be expert in
 长袍  cháng páo  gown
 长臂猿  cháng bì yuán  gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
 黑冠长臂猿  hēi guān cháng bì yuán  black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
 长姊  zhǎng zǐ  older sister
 长衫  cháng shān  long gown; cheongsam; traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
 悠长  yōu cháng  long; drawn-out; prolonged; lingering
 滋长  zī zhǎng  to grow (usually of abstract things); to yield; to develop
 滋长  zī zhǎng  


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