張
張·stretch, put up, spread, counter for bows and stringed instruments
- On-yomi
- チョウ
- Kun-yomi
- は(る)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 緊張 | きんちょう | nervousness, tension |
| 出張 | しゅっちょう | business trip |
| 主張 | しゅちょう | assertion, claim |
| 引っ張る | ひっぱる | to pull, to drag |
Example sentences
面接の前はとても緊張した。
めんせつのまえはとてもきんちょうした。
I was very nervous before the interview.
来週、大阪へ出張します。
らいしゅう、おおさかへしゅっちょうします。
I am going to Osaka on business next week.
彼は自分の意見を強く主張した。
かれはじぶんのいけんをつよくしゅちょうした。
He asserted his own opinion forcefully.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 出張 as でちょう — it is しゅっちょう
- Reading 主張 as しゅうちょう — the first syllable is short: しゅちょう
Memory aid
Picture it
A bow 弓 made long 長: the string is pulled taut — stretched, drawn tight, which is exactly 緊張.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 膨張ぼうちょうexpansion, swelling
- 誇張こちょうexaggeration
- 見張るみはるto keep watch
- 言い張るいいはるto insist
- 張り合うはりあうto compete, to rival
- 張り巡らすはりめぐらすto stretch around, to set up (a net)
- 嵩張るかさばるto be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
- 矢っ張りやっぱりas I thought; after all; still; also; all the same
- 突っ張るつっぱるto brace against; to prop up; to go stiff or taut; to thrust (in sumo); to stubbornly stick to one's position
- 張り紙はりがみpaper patch; paper backing; notice put up; poster
- 頑張るがんばるto do one's best
- 頑張ってがんばってgood luck, do your best
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