Mandarin Banana

长

length / long / forever / always / constantly | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 长

Charlie Chaplin sped into the Angkor Wat riding his longboard, but just inside the entrance he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years ago | add a painting

zhang3 =
zh + ang3

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 长

长
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乛
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丆
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丿

乛

zhe2 =
zh + e2

variant of 乙[zhe2] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 乛

A sickle. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
almost 3 years ago

长
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乛
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丆
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丿

丆

xx5	one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丆 This one looks like a wind wheel. Well, almost. - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago \| add a painting

长
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乛
+
丆
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丿

丿

pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 3 years ago

Stroke order

长 order e2207674365ba6bbaea22303221292ae1d2238b128ab7bc01fa5c6b205e8fe39

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长 is the simplified version of 長 .

HSK level: 2

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

ch	Charlie Chaplin - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago
ang2	Just inside the entrance of the Songgwangsa - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago Just inside the entrance of the Angkor Wat - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago \| add a painting
zh	George Washington - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 2 years ago
ang3	Inside the Songgwangsa - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 3 years ago Inside the Angkor Wat - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago \| add a painting

Words with 长

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校 xiao4 长 zhang3		(college, university) president / headmaster / CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] (HSK level 3)
长 chang2 城 cheng2		the Great Wall (HSK level 4)
增 zeng1 长 zhang3		to grow / to increase (HSK level 4)
长 chang2 江 jiang1		Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang (HSK level 4)
成 cheng2 长 zhang3		to mature / to grow / growth (HSK level 5)
延 yan2 长 chang2		Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi (HSK level 5)
延 yan2 长 chang2		to prolong / to extend / to delay (HSK level 5)
长 chang2 途 tu2		long distance (HSK level 5)
长 zhang3 辈 bei4		one's elders / older generation (HSK level 6)
董 dong3 事 shi4 长 zhang3		chairman of the board / chairman (HSK level 6)
漫 man4 长 chang2		very long / endless (HSK level 6)
专 zhuan1 长 chang2		specialty / special knowledge or ability (HSK level 6)
擅 shan4 长 chang2		to be good at / to be expert in (HSK level 6)
滋 zi1 长 zhang3		to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop (HSK level 6)
特 te4 长 chang2		personal strength / one's special ability or strong points (HSK level 6)
拔 ba2 苗 miao2 助 zhu4 长 zhang3		to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) (HSK level 6)
议 yi4 长 zhang3		chairman (of a legislative assembly) / speaker
全 quan2 长 chang2		overall length / span
周 zhou1 长 chang2		variant of 周長\|周长, perimeter / circumference
审 shen3 计 ji4 长 zhang3		auditor
委 wei3 员 yuan2 长 zhang3		head of a committee
站 zhan4 长 zhang3		station master
排 pai2 长 zhang3		platoon leader / sergeant
周 zhou1 长 chang2		perimeter / circumference
庭 ting2 长 zhang3		presiding judge
长 chang2 沙 sha1		Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
长 chang2 年 nian2		all the year round
村 cun1 长 zhang3		village chief / village head
长 chang2 远 yuan3		long-term / long-range
长 chang2 椅 yi3		bench
局 ju2 长 zhang3		bureau chief / CL:位[wei4],個\|个[ge4]
生 sheng1 长 zhang3 激 ji1 素 su4		growth hormone
教 jiao4 务 wu4 长 zhang3		provost
长 chang2 条 tiao2		strip
长 zhang3 成 cheng2		to grow up
首 shou3 长 zhang3		senior official
探 tan4 长 zhang3		(police) detective
国 guo2 防 fang2 部 bu4 长 zhang3		Defense secretary / Defense Minister
加 jia1 长 chang2		to lengthen
县 xian4 长 zhang3		county's head commissioner