zhàng

swell

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

长 sound component

  Sound component

zhǎngcháng

  

long

Evolution

胀 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
胀 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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zhàng

swell, inflate, expand; dropsical; swollen; to swell; to be bloated

Most common words with 胀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

膨胀

to expand

dropsical

肿胀

swelling

通货膨胀

inflation

通胀

inflation

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.1967% of movies

2622nd most common character in movies

2083rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+80C0


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