漲 (zhǎng)
To rise (prices, water level); to swell.
How 漲 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 漲
- Simplified
- 涨
Components
- 氵 water
- 弓 bow
- 長 long/grow
漲 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- zhǎng
- to rise (of prices, rivers)
- zhàng
- to swell; to distend
Common words using 漲
- 上漲 shàngzhǎng
- to rise; to go up
- 飛漲 fēizhǎng
- soaring inflation; rocketing prices
- 暴漲 bàozhǎng
- rise suddenly and sharply
- 漲價 zhǎngjià
- to appreciate (in value); to increase in price
- 漲幅 zhǎngfú
- rise and fall of stock in one day's trading
- 水漲船高 shuǐzhǎngchuángāo
- the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation
- 漲到 zhǎngdào
- to go up; to rise
- 漲勢 zhǎngshì
- rising trend; upward momentum (e.g. in prices)
- 漲水 zhǎngshuǐ
- rise of water level
- 漲滿 zhàngmǎn
- swell
- 漲潮 zhǎngcháo
- high tide; rising tide
- 漲紅 zhànghóng
- to turn red (in the face); to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
漲 in a sentence
最近物價一直漲，薪水卻沒變。
Zuìjìn wùjià yìzhí zhǎng, xīnshuǐ què méi biàn.
“Prices have been rising recently, but salaries haven't changed.”
How common is 漲?
漲 is the 1,801st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.3% of all running text.
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