IDENTITY
张zhāngto open; sheet (measure word)
HSK 2Top 100
CORE MEANING
to open; sheet (measure word)
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to open; to spreadHSK3
- 2.measure word for flat thingsHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 弓bow radical (gōng)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰弓长
- bow
- gives the sound zhāng
USAGE
Common words
紧张jǐnzhāngnervous
张纸yì zhāng zhǐone sheet of paper
张开zhāngkāito open
Graded examples
请给我一张纸。Qǐng gěi wǒ yì zhāng zhǐ.HSK2
Please give me a sheet of paper.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A bow (弓) drawn long (长) — stretching open; a sheet. (From 張.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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