張
stretch; counter for bows & stringed instruments; spread; put up (tent)
11 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 403.
Readings
- はる (kun reading): 頑張る (がんばる) to persevere; 引っ張る (ひっぱる) to pull
- チョウ (on reading): 主張 (しゅちょう) claim; 緊張 (きんちょう) tension
- はり (kun reading): 張り付く (はりつく) to stick (to); 張り切る (はりきる) to be in high spirits
- ばり (kun reading): 張り (ばり) in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works)
Components
Kanji containing 張
- 漲 overflow
Words using 張
- 頑張る (がんばる) to persevere
- 引っ張る (ひっぱる) to pull
- 張る (はる) to stick
- 言い張る (いいはる) to insist
- 見張る (みはる) to stand watch
- 主張 (しゅちょう) claim
- 緊張 (きんちょう) tension
- 拡張 (かくちょう) expansion
- 出張 (しゅっちょう) business trip
- 誇張 (こちょう) exaggeration
- 張り付く (はりつく) to stick (to)
- 張り切る (はりきる) to be in high spirits
- 逆張り (ぎゃくばり) contrarian trading
- 縄張り (なわばり) stretching a rope around
- 頑張り (がんばり) tenacity
- 張り (ばり) in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works)
- 尾張 (おわり) Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
- 中張牌 (チュンチャンパイ) minor tiles (suited tiles numbered 2 through 8)
- 嵌張待ち (カンチャンまち) wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand
- 辺張待ち (ペンチャンまち) one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)
- 辺張 (ペンチャン) one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)
348 words in all.