Zi:张
张(F張) [zhāng] spread; sheet of paper; 紧张 tense, nervous  [zhàng] cf. 張
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 张/張 zhāng ‘string a bow; draw a bow (and shoot)’ combines 弓 (gōng) ‘bow’, and 长/長 cháng/zhǎng/etc. ‘long/grow/etc.’ (phonosemantic).
    Note: SW glosses 张/張 ‘draw/stretch tight’ with 施/𢻫 ‘let lose’ (ant.), cf. 作輟, 張而不弛, 弛而不張, 一張一弛 (DYC).
    Note: SW glosses 帐/帳 zhàng with 张/張 zhāng/zhàng, cf. 长/長.
    Compare: 帐/帳 zhàng ‘curtain; tent’; /韔 chàng ‘(leather) bow case’.
    Compare: 胀/脹 zhàng ‘swell/expand’; 涨/漲 zhǎng ‘rise (of water)’; 怅/悵 chàng ‘disappointed/regretful’.
►references: Karlgren:AD1173; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.992.6; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:063.0.09; EDOC:0
►components: 弓长
►Cantonese:  jeung\
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