帐 (zhàng): (bound form) curtain, tent, canopy

帐 (zhàng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) curtain.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 巾 (semantic) and 长 (phonetic). It ranks #1592 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 帐 curtain. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (bound form) curtain
  2. tent
  3. canopy

Etymology & Origin

帐

pictophoneticcurtain

Decomposition: ⿰巾长 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
帐篷nounzhàng pengtent
蚊帐nounwén zhàngmosquito net
营帐yíng zhàngtent
帐幕nounzhàng mùtent
帐子nounzhàng zimosquito net
呆帐dāi zhàngvariant of 呆賬|呆账
电子手帐diàn zǐ shǒu zhàngelectronic organizer
分类帐fēn lèi zhànga ledger
记帐员jì zhàng yuánbookkeeper
往来帐户nounwǎng lái zhàng hùcurrent account (in bank)
活期帐户huó qī zhàng hùcurrent account (in bank)
流水帐liú shuǐ zhàngvariant of 流水賬|流水账
对帐duì zhàngvariant of 對賬|对账
过帐guò zhàngposting (accounting)
进帐jìn zhàngvariant of 進賬|进账
44
Total compounds
25
As first character
64
As last character
11
As middle character

帐 appears in 44 compound words: 25 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 帐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

篷péng
0.7302,512 co-occurrences
蚊wén
0.515192 co-occurrences
帷wéi
0.510104 co-occurrences
户hù
0.5041,598 co-occurrences
汗hàn
0.504698 co-occurrences
蓄xù
0.46911 co-occurrences
号hào
0.4161,498 co-occurrences
纱shā
0.41348 co-occurrences
毯tǎn
0.38138 co-occurrences
顶dǐng
0.377198 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们帐字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men zhàng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "帐."

NewtalkFeb 2026

...数据! Anthropic控用2.4万假帐号蒸馏Claude模型技术

. . . shǔ jù ! A n t h r o p i c kòng yòng 2 . 4 wàn jiǎ zhàng hào zhēng 馏 C l a u d e mó xíng jì shù

... Data! Anthropic uses 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude model technology

WorldjournalFeb 2026

紧急储蓄帐户可与401(k)计画结合 但很少雇主这...

jǐn jí chǔ xù zhàng hù kě yǔ 4 0 1 ( k ) jì huà jié gě dàn hěn shǎo gù zhǔ zhè . . .

Emergency savings accounts can be combined with 401(k) plans But few employers this...

NewtalkFeb 2026

中国网军4千帐户攻击高市早苗 矢板明夫:台日两国正面对...

zhōng guó wǎng jūn 4 qiān zhàng hù gōng jī gāo shì zǎo miáo shǐ bǎn míng fū : tái rì liǎng guó zhèng miàn duì . . .

China's Cyber Army 4,000 accounts attacked Sanae Takaichi Akio Yaita: Taiwan and Japan are facing each other...

三立新聞網Feb 2026

摩根大通“1原因”关闭川普银行帐户

mó gēn dà tōng 1 yuán yīn guān bì chuān pǔ yín háng zhàng hù

JPMorgan Chase closed Trump's bank account for "1 reason"

大紀元 | 大紀元新聞網Feb 2026

和股票与储蓄帐户不同 出售实物白银很难吗

hé gǔ piào yǔ chǔ xù zhàng hù bù tóng chū shòu shí wù bái yín hěn nán ma

And unlike stocks and savings accounts, is it hard to sell physical silver?

Tatoeba

我想开个储蓄帐户。

Wǒ xiǎngkāi gè chǔxùzhànghù.

I'd like to open a savings account.

Tatoeba

帐单金额高达100美元。

Zhàngdān jīn'é gāodá 100 Měiyuán.

The bill amounted to 100 dollars.

Tatoeba

算帐愈是精确, 友谊愈是坚定。

Suàn zhàng yù shì jīngquè, yǒuyì yù shì jiāndìng.

The more precise the calculations, the stronger the friendship.

Tatoeba

请把帐单给我好吗?

Qǐng bǎ zhàngdān gěi wǒ hǎo ma?

May I have the check, please?

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 巾 (curtain) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced zhàng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 帐 (zhàng) mean in Chinese?
帐 (zhàng) primarily means "(bound form) curtain." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1592 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 帐 have?
帐 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 帐?
The radical associated with 帐 is 巾 (cloth). This radical appears in many characters related to cloth.
What are the components of 帐?
帐 is composed of: 巾 (semantic), 长 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰巾长 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 帐?
Common words with 帐 include: 帐篷 (zhàng peng, "tent"); 蚊帐 (wén zhàng, "mosquito net"); 营帐 (yíng zhàng, "tent"); 帐幕 (zhàng mù, "tent"); 帐子 (zhàng zi, "mosquito net"). There are over 44 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 帐 (zhàng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation zhàng: 张 (to open up), 账 (account), 胀 (swollen), 章 (chapter), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 帐 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 帐 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.