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张 — to open up; to spread

to open up; to spread; sheet of paper

Pinyin
zhāng · Zhāng
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — zhāng, Zhāng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 张: 7 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. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

张 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 张 in the HSK syllabus: 13

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.

  1. 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paperHSK 3
  2. 紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strainedHSK 4
  3. 夸张kuāzhāngto exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperboleHSK 6
  4. 主张zhǔzhāngto advocate; to stand for; view; position; standHSK 6
  5. 东张西望dōngzhāng-xīwàngto look in all directions; to glance aroundHSK 7–9
  6. 慌张huāngzhāngflustered; agitatedHSK 7–9
  7. 开张kāizhāngto open a businessHSK 7–9
  8. 扩张kuòzhāngexpansion; dilation; to expand; to broadenHSK 7–9
  9. 伸张shēnzhāngto uphold; to promoteHSK 7–9
  10. 嚣张xiāozhāngrampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressiveHSK 7–9
  11. 张灯结彩zhāngdēng-jiécǎito be decorated with lanterns and colored bannersHSK 7–9
  12. 张贴zhāngtiēto post; to advertiseHSK 7–9
  13. 张扬zhāngyángZhang Yang, PRC film director and screenwriterHSK 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.