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

(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 (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1592 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

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

Native pronunciation

Definitions

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

Etymology & Origin

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
zhàng pengtent
wén zhàngmosquito net
yíng zhàngtent
zhàng mùtent
zhàng zimosquito net
dāi zhàngbad debt
diàn zǐ shǒu zhàngelectronic organizer
qīng diǎn zhàng mùto check the accounts
fēn lèi zhànga ledger
jì zhàng yuánbookkeeper
wǎng lái zhàng hùcurrent account (in bank)
hé duì zhàng mùto verify accounting records
huó qī zhàng hùcurrent account (in bank)
liú shuǐ zhàngvariant of 流水賬|流水账[liu2 shui3 zhang4]
duì zhàngvariant of 對賬|对账[dui4 zhang4]
46
Total compounds
24
As first character
59
As last character
17
As middle character

appears in 46 compound words: 24 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 17 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

péng
0.7677,511 co-occurrences
0.5294,685 co-occurrences
wén
0.523576 co-occurrences
wéi
0.518312 co-occurrences
hàn
0.5112,094 co-occurrences
hào
0.4234,415 co-occurrences
shā
0.419144 co-occurrences
tǎn
0.387114 co-occurrences
dǐng
0.382594 co-occurrences
0.374658 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们字的发音和笔顺。

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

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. . . 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

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

我想开个储蓄户。

Wǒ xiǎngkāi gè chǔxùzhànghù.

I'd like to open a savings account.

Tatoeba

单金额高达100美元。

Zhàngdān jīn'é gāodá 100 Měiyuán.

The bill amounted to 100 dollars.

Tatoeba

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

请把单给我好吗?

Qǐng bǎ zhàngdān gěi wǒ hǎo ma?

May I have the check, please?

Character Family

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 46 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 帐 (zhàng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation zhàng: 张 (to open up), 胀 (swollen), 账 (account), 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.