展 — to spread out; to open up
to spread out; to open up; to exhibit; to put into effect
- Pinyin
- zhǎn · Zhǎn
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — zhǎn, Zhǎn — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 展: 10 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 展 in the HSK syllabus: 15
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth; to develop; to grow; to expandHSK 3
- 开展kāizhǎnto launch; to develop; to unfold; to openHSK 5
- 展出zhǎnchūto put on display; to be on show; to exhibitHSK 5
- 展开zhǎnkāito unfold; to spread out; to open upHSK 5
- 展览zhǎnlǎnto put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; showHSK 5
- 展示zhǎnshìto reveal; to display; to show; to exhibitHSK 5
- 展现zhǎnxiànto unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to displayHSK 5
- 参展cānzhǎnto exhibit at or take part in a trade show etcHSK 6
- 进展jìnzhǎnto make headway; to make progressHSK 6
- 扩展kuòzhǎnto extend; to expand; extension; expansionHSK 6
- 施展shīzhǎnto use fully; to put to useHSK 7–9
- 舒展shūzhǎnto roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfoldHSK 7–9
- 拓展tuòzhǎnto expand; to extend; to broadenHSK 7–9
- 一筹莫展yìchóu-mòzhǎnto be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' endHSK 7–9
- 展望zhǎnwàngoutlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward toHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.