張: Lengthen; Counter For Bows & Stringed Instruments; StretchKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (チョウ)

• 主張しゅちょうclaim; insistence
• 緊張きんちょうtension; mental strain
• 出張しゅっちょうbusiness trip; official trip
• 拡張かくちょうexpansion; extension
• 膨張ぼうちょうexpansion; swelling
• 出張所しゅっちょうじょbranch office; agency
• 張本人ちょうほんにんoriginator; ringleader
• 拡張子かくちょうしfilename extension
• 海外出張かいがいしゅっちょうoverseas business trip
• 誇張こちょうexaggeration
• ぼう張ぼうちょうexpansion; swelling

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 頑張ってがんばってdo your best; go for it
• 張りばりin the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of
• 張るはるto stick; to paste
• 頑張りがんばりtenacity; endurance
• 縄張りなわばりstretching a rope around; roping off
• 張り紙はりがみpaper patch; paper backing
• 見張りみはりwatch-keeping; guard
• 踏ん張るふんばるto brace one's legs; to straddle
• 頑張るがんばるto persevere; to persist
• ガラス張りガラスばりglazing; fitting with glass
• 一点張りいってんばりpersistence; single-mindedness
• 切り張りきりばりpatching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
• 威張り腐るいばりくさるto throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
• 威張るいばるto put on airs; to act big
• 張り上げるはりあげるto raise (one's voice)
• 張り出しはりだしoverhang
• 張り出すはりだすto project; to overhang
• 張り切るはりきるto be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour)
• 張り合いはりあいcompetition; rivalry
• 張り合うはりあうto compete (with each other); to contend for
• 張り合わせるはりあわせるto paste together
• 張り子はりこpapier mâché
• 張り巡らすはりめぐらすto stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.)
• 張り替えるはりかえるto re-cover; to reupholster
• 張り詰めるはりつめるto strain; to stretch
• 張り込みはりこみstakeout; ambush
• 張り込むはりこむto be on the lookout; to lie in wait
• 強張るこわばるto stiffen; to become stiff
• 板張りいたばりboarding; wooden floor
• 欲張りよくばりgreed; avarice
• 欲張るよくばるto covet; to lust for
• 目張りめばりweather strip; weather stripping
• 矢張りやはりas expected; sure enough
• 見張るみはるto stand watch; to stand guard
• 言い張るいいはるto insist; to assert
• うぐいす張りうぐいすばりnightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
• かさ張るかさばるto be bulky; to be unwieldy
• しゃちほこ張るしゃちほこばるto stand on ceremony
• なわ張りなわばりstretching a rope around; roping off
• ぴんと張るぴんとはるto pull tight; to brace
• もうひと踏ん張りもうひとふんばりholding out a little longer
• もうひと頑張りもうひとがんばりan extra effort; going the extra mile
• もう一踏ん張りもうひとふんばりholding out a little longer

Other readings

• 突っ張りつっぱりprop; strut
• 引っ張るひっぱるto pull; to draw
• 矢っ張りやっぱりas expected; sure enough
• 突っ張るつっぱるto cramp up; to tighten
• えらが張るエラがはるto be square-jawed
• えら張りエラばりbeing square-jawed

Showing the 60 most common of 453 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 張

• 拡
• 引
• 出
• 緊
• 膨
• 突
• 威
• 子
• 強
• 目
• 一
• 合