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长zhǎngto grow

Theme
Verbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
4
Syllable
zhang

How 长 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

长 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 长

Examples

他长得很高。

Tā zhǎng de hěn gāo.

He has grown very tall.

  • 他tāhe
  • 长zhǎngto grow
  • 得děito have to
  • 很hěnvery
  • 高gāotall

这个孩子长得很快。

Zhè gè háizi zhǎng děi hěn kuài.

This child is growing fast.

  • 这zhèthis
  • 个gègeneral measure word
  • 孩子háizichild
  • 长zhǎngto grow
  • 得děito have to
  • 很hěnvery
  • 快kuàifast; soon

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 尝
  • 场
  • 上shàngup; to go up; previous