Kanji N1

張: counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

張 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, written with 11 strokes. It is read チョウ (on) and はる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 主張 (しゅちょう, claim) and 緊張 (きんちょう, tension).

張

Meanings

  • counter for bows & stringed instruments
  • stretch
  • spread
  • put up (tent)
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#403 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • はる
  • -はり
  • -ばり

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 張

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 主張しゅちょう

    claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis

    JLPT N3
  • 緊張きんちょう

    tension; strain; nervousness; stress

    JLPT N3
  • 出張しゅっちょう

    business trip; official trip

    JLPT N2
  • 拡張かくちょう

    expansion; extension; enlargement

    JLPT N2
  • 引っ張るひっぱる

    to pull; to draw; to pull tight

    JLPT N3
  • 張り紙はりがみ

    paper patch attached to something; paper backing

    JLPT N1
  • 誇張こちょう

    exaggeration

    JLPT N1
  • 突っ張るつっぱる

    to cramp up; to tighten; to stiffen

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.