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Pronunciation: cháng/zhăng
Meaning
cháng: long, length
zhăng: to grow, chief/leader
Etymology:
Simplified form is a grass script simplification.

Traditional character: 長 (a high table 兀 + a person turned around 匕 + (phonetic) 亡) (borrowed character)

Found in:
Li Bai's 秋浦歌（其十五）

Word of the day on: 02.05.08

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