长城

Character by character

• 长zhǎng4 strokesHSK 2 traditional 長long; length; excel in; leader
• 城chéng9 strokesHSK 3castle; city, town; municipality

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 长城. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 长zhǎngHSK 2

  chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance

• 城市chéng shìHSK 3

  city; town

• 城chéngHSK 3

  city walls; city; town

• 长大zhǎng dàHSK 2

  to grow up

• 成长chéng zhǎngHSK 3

  to mature; to grow; growth

• 家长jiā zhǎngHSK 2

  head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 局长jú zhǎngHSK 5

  bureau chief

• 队长duì zhǎngHSK 2

  captain; team leader

• 校长xiào zhǎngHSK 2

  (college, university) president; headmaster

• 市长shì zhǎngHSK 2

  mayor

• 增长zēng zhǎngHSK 3

  to grow; to increase

• 部长bù zhǎngHSK 3

  head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister

• 生长shēng zhǎngHSK 3

  to grow; to grow up; to be brought up

• 城镇chéng zhènHSK 6

  town; cities and towns

• 擅长shàn chángHSK 7

  to be good at; to be expert in

• 会长huì zhǎngHSK 6

  president of a club, committee etc

• 漫长màn chángHSK 5

  very long; endless

• 城里chénglǐHSK 5

  In the city

• 延长yán chángHSK 4

  to prolong; to extend; to delay

• 长久cháng jiǔHSK 6

  (for a) long time

• 院长yuàn zhǎngHSK 2

  the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China

• 城堡chéng bǎo

  castle; rook (chess piece)

• 船长chuán zhǎngHSK 6

  captain (of a boat); skipper