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长 — stroke order

zhǎng
ㄓㄤˇ
Meaning
long
Strokes
4
Radical
Practise 长 in the full tool →

Watch how to write (zhǎng) stroke by stroke. 长 has 4 strokes and means “long”. It appears in common words such as 成长 (to mature) and 长大 (to grow up). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 长

The most common words that use 长 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

成长chéngzhǎngto mature长大zhǎngdàto grow up长相zhǎngxiàngappearance增长zēngzhǎngto grow长期chángqīlong term家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household

How 长 is written

Radical
Formation
Ideographic — Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane.

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