張

音読おんよみ: チョウ

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: 弓(ゆみへん)

Meaning

Stretch / Expand / Tighten / Assert

  • Basic forms
  • 張る — stretch; strain; put up; stick on / base form
  • 張ります — stretches; puts up / masu form
  • 張った — stretched; put up / ta form
  • 張って — stretch and …; put up and … / te form
  • 張らない — do not stretch; do not put up / negative
  • 張れば — if (you) stretch; if (you) put up / conditional
  • 張れ — stretch it! / imperative
  • Common expressions
  • テントを張る — pitch a tent
  • ポスターを張る — put up a poster
  • 気を張る — stay alert; tense up
  • More
  • 張りたい — want to put up; want to stretch / 〜たい form
  • 張ろう — let’s put it up / 〜よう form
  • 張っている — is stretched; is put up / state

張る(はる) is a godan verb. It covers “stretch/tighten” (rope, strings), “set up” (a tent), and “post/stick” (a notice, poster). In 気を張る, it means “to stay on guard.”

  • 張力ちょうりょく — tension; tensile strength
  • 緊張きんちょう — nervousness; tension
  • 主張しゅちょう — assertion; claim
  • 拡張かくちょう — expansion
  • 出張しゅっちょう — business trip
  • 誇張こちょう — exaggeration

張 combines 弓 (bow) and 長 (long), evoking a drawn bowstring—hence “to stretch/extend.” It ranges from concrete actions (putting up a tent) to abstract senses (asserting a claim, feeling tension).

テントを るのに 時間じかんがかかった。
It took time to set up the tent.

かれ主張しゅちょうげなかった。
He didn’t bend his argument (stood firm on his claim).

拡
Creates
拡張かくちょう — expansion
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