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HSK 2 · Life stages

家长

jiā zhǎng

parent; head of family

Stroke order of 家长

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

家 · 10 strokes长 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

家 is a roof over a pig; 长 is long hair of an elder: the one who leads the home.

Parts: 家 family + 长 elder/head

The characters in 家长

  • 家 jiā — home; family (10 strokes)
  • 长 zhǎng — to grow; head; chief (4 strokes)

Example sentence

老师请家长来学校。

The teacher asked the parents to come to school.

Words with 家

家人family members家home; family家里at home; family在家to be at home回家to go home国家country; nation大家everyone家庭family; household全家the whole family画家painter; artist作家writer; author科学家scientist家属family members; dependents专家expert搬家to move house家具furniture家乡hometown

Words with 长

长大to grow up班长class monitor队长team captain组长group leader市长mayor校长headmaster; principal院长dean; director (of an institute)长to grow; head; chief部长minister; head of department所长head of an institute长城the Great Wall长期long-term长处strong point成长to grow up生长to grow增长to grow; growth

More words: Life stages

青年youth; young people少年teenager; juvenile青少年teenagers; young people老年old age; elderly中年middle age年轻young长大to grow up小时候in childhood从小since childhood一生all one's life出生to be born生to give birth; to be born; raw日子day; life; days生活life; to live家庭family; household全家the whole family

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