The Radical: 長


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Meaning
long    長

Explanation Can be imagined as the long mane E of a galloping horse (legs at the bottom) in the wind.

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 2
length, long, elder
cháng, zhǎng
Simplified from which showed the long mane/hair in the wind and feet of a galloping horse
The long mane in the wind of a galloping horse stands for: 'long'.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 3
stretch, expand, classifier for flat objects(=sheets)
zhāng
Left: bow , right: long / (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
The bow is long and stretched and can lie flat.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
to rise (prices, rivers), to swell, distend
zhǎng, zhàng
Left: water , right: stretch (The bow is long / and stretched.)
Wenn the water 'stretches' it rises.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
bill, account, debt
zhàng
Left: money /貝, right: long / (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
It's related to money and it can be long: The bill!

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
cover, sheath, to encase, a case
tào
Top: big , bottom: Vari. of: long / (long hair/mane in the wind)
(A present with a wrapping:) It becomes bigger and longer due to the: cover.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
to swell, swollen, to be bloated
zhàng
Left: body part /, right: long / (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
A body part that is elongated, is: swollen.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
account book, covering veil, canopy, tent
zhàng
Left: cloth , right: long / (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
Cloth that is long, was used as an account book or as a canopy.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
four (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Left: 镸 variation of long / (long hair/mane in the wind), right: write (Shows hand with a pen writes two lines )
This is tong form for writing the anti-fraud four. [1 to 10 are: 壹 柒捌玖 ]

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
depressed, regretful, upset, despair
chàng
Left: feelings , right: long (= Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
The feeling that (everything) extends long (time) is to be: depressed.

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