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Mythic Mandarin

丈 (zhàng): meaning and stroke order

丈 (zhàng) means measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m), to measure, husband.

丈

Simplified
丈
Traditional
丈 (same form)
Pinyin
zhàng

Stroke order of 丈

丈

  • zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 丈

  1. zhàng
    • measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
    • to measure
    • husband
    • polite appellation for an older male

Radical and structure

丈
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes · built from 𠂇 and 乀

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 丈

丈 in our stories

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  • 天每天升高一丈，地每天加厚一丈，盘古的身体也每天长高一丈。

    tiān měitiān shēnggāo yí zhàng dì měitiān jiāhòu yí zhàng Pángǔ de shēntǐ yě měitiān zhǎng gāo yí zhàng

    Each day the sky rose ten feet, the earth thickened ten feet, and Pangu grew ten feet taller.

    From the story Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 丈

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).