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长 — stroke order
Watch how to write 长 (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
- 长
- Formation
- Ideographic — Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane.