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长chánglongCháng in 长江
长 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 長, drawn from a person with long hair: long (cháng), and to grow (zhǎng).
江jiāngriverJiāng in 长江
氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
工work · gōngSound part
氵 hints at the meaning (water); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with Jiāng.
How to write 长江
长 4 strokes · 江 6 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 长江 (Cháng Jiāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
长江 (Cháng Jiāng) means “Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it Cháng Jiāng: Cháng with a 2nd tone, then Jiāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 长江 is written 長江. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type changjiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 长江 from the suggestions. Typing changjiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
长江 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
长Cháng2nd tone, rising
江Jiāng1st tone, high and level
