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On'yomi
チョウ
CHOU
Kun'yomi
は.る・-は.り・-ば.り
haru / hari / bari

counter for bows & stringed instruments · stretch · spread · put up (tent)

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Strokes11
Frequency#403
Radicalbow(3)

Stroke Order

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Strokes11

Component Breakdown

=

bow + long

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of bow and long. Stretching bow long.

Symbolism

Claim, tension, stretch. Represents stretching.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Drawing a bow

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

一張一弛

いっちょういっし

tension and relaxation; tension and relaxation

緊張緩和

きんちょうかんわ

easing of tensions; detente; thaw; easing of tensions

主義主張

しゅぎしゅちょう

one's principles and position; one's principles and position

張三李四

ちょうさんりし

the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person); the common run of men

我を張る

がをはる

Stick to one's guns; Stubbornly insist on one's own way