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Zi:张

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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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