張 means stretch
spread, put up (tent)
A long bow pulled: stretch.
On'yomi
- チョウchou
Kun'yomi
- は(る)haru
- は(り)hari
- ば(り)bari
How it's built
- 弓bow
- 長
Common words
- 誇張こちょうexaggeration
- 出張しゅっちょうbusiness trip; official trip
- 膨張ぼうちょうexpansion; swelling
- 主張しゅちょうclaim; insistence