stretch / paste
N3- Onyomi
- チョウ
- Kunyomi
- は(る)
- Stroke count
- 11
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 張 down and you get 弓 (bow / arc) — a bow bent and ready to spring back, and beside it 長 (long / chief) — hair grown long enough to trail. Picture a bow drawn and aimed straight ahead, put 張 inside it, and let that scene stand for "stretch" — stretch / paste. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 11
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は11画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 11 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
緊張
kinchou
nervousness
出張
shutchou
business trip
膨張
bouchou
expansion
主張
shuchou
assertion
拡張
kakuchou
extension
頑張る
ganbaru
to do one's best
Example sentences (5)
面接の前はいつも緊張します。
めんせつ の まえ は いつも きんちょう します。
mensetsu no mae wa itsumo kinchou shimasu.
I always get nervous before interviews.
何度も練習しておけば、そんなに緊張しないと思います。
なんど も れんしゅう して おけば、そんな に きんちょう しない と おもいます。
nando mo renshuu shite okeba, sonna ni kinchou shinai to omoimasu.
If you practice many times beforehand, I think you will not be so nervous.
来週、大阪へ出張します。
らいしゅう、おおさか へ しゅっちょう します。
raishuu, oosaka e shutchou shimasu.
I am going on a business trip to Osaka next week.
出張の前に、ホテルを予約しておきます。
しゅっちょう の まえ に、ほてる を よやく して おきます。
shutchou no mae ni, hoteru o yoyaku shite okimasu.
I will book a hotel before the business trip.
明日の試験、頑張ります。
あした の しけん、がんばります。
ashita no shiken, ganbarimasu.
I will do my best on tomorrow's exam.