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張

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 320 / 2,608

Stretch

On’yomi
ちょう
Kun’yomi
は
Radical
弓 Bow (Kangxi 57)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 都 (Metropolis), less common than 石 (Stone).

A bow on the left stretches toward long on the right — the bow is stretched long, its string pulled to maximum tension across a great distance.

In words

張る はる to stick,to pasteN3
張り紙 はりがみ paper patch;paper backing;posterN1
緊張 きんちょう tension,mental strain,nervousnessN3

張 is rank 320 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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