(zhāng)

HSK 311 strokes

surname Zhang

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
zhāng
Meaning
surname Zhang
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱音十

The ten 十 movements of a piece of music 音

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wénzhāng
HSK 3

article

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HSK 7-9

(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent

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xūnzhāng
HSK 7-9

medal; decoration

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yìnzhāng
HSK 7-9

seal

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xiàngzhāng

badge; insignia; lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great nationa…

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gōngzhāng

official seal

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diǎnzhāng

institution; institutional

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to make an issue of sth

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