- 伸長 — height; growth
- 伸縮 — expansion and contraction
- 追伸 — P.S. in a letter
- 屈伸 — bending and stretching
- 手を伸ばす — to reach out (hand)
The left side is にんべん — the person radical. On the right is 申, originally showing an extended body or figure. Together they express “a person stretching” or “extending.”