Memory phrase for the Kanji: 張


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Meaning

stretch, spread

Pronunciation

CHŌ
haru

Explanation

Left: bow , right: long (mane and clothes )

Mnemonic

A bow is long and can be stretched.

Radicals

bowPictograph: bow without string.
longCan be imagined as the long mane E of a galloping horse (legs below) in the wind.
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Vocabulary

 張る  はる  to stick, to paste, to put, to affix, to stretch, to spread
 威張る  いばる  to be proud, to swagger
 主張  しゅちょう  claim, insistence, assertion, emphasis
 出張  しゅっちょう  official tour, business trip
 緊張  きんちょう  tension, mental strain, nervousness
 引っ張る  ひっぱる  to pull, to stretch, to drag
 張り切る  はりきる  to be in high spirits, to be full of vigor, to be enthusiastic
 張り紙  はりがみ  paper patch, paper backing, poster
 拡張  かくちょう  expansion, extension, enlargement, escape (ESC)


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