Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

403 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

Kunyomi: は.る -は.り -ば.り

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ゆみへん

Meaning: bow

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

する(かくちょうする)   extend, expand

する(きんちょうする)   be nervous

する(しゅちょうする)   assert, claim, insist

する(しゅっちょうする)   go on a business trip

る(はる)   stick, stretch

る(がんばる)   try one's best

る(いばる)   swagger, put on airs

引っる(ひっぱる)   pull, stretch

Onyomi Examples

チョウ Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

本人 チョウホンニン originator, ringleader, perpetrator, main culprit, person responsible

海外出 カイガイシュッチョウ overseas business trip

伸長 シンチョウ expansion, extension, elongation, stretching

Kunyomi Examples

はる to stick, to paste, to affix, to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten, to put up (tent), to form (e.g. ice on a pond), to fill, to swell, to stick out, to put, to slap, to post (a link, etc. online), to be expensive, to keep a watch on, to be on the lookout, to become one tile away from completion, to span, to generate