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1.

Animated Stroke Order 展

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 展 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 展

展 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Semi-Enclosed

展

尸corpse or body

𧘇clothing

展=

4.

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展 handwriting practice worksheet preview

5.

How to Use 展

Development and Unfolding

Words where 展 indicates progress, development, or unfolding of events or actions.

发展 • fā zhǎn • develop • HSK 4

HSK 4

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 展

展现 • zhǎn xiàn • unfold before one's eyes; emerge

HSK 6

zhǎn展

xiàn

7.

Example Sentences

Tā她

liǎn脸

shàng上

zhǎn展

lù露

chū出

kāi

Information

Pinyinzhǎn

Meaningto open up, to spread out, to unfold

Strokes10

Radical尸

Traditional展

StructureSemi-Enclosed

Frequency#460

Zhuyinㄓㄢˇ

UnicodeU+5C55

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尸corpse or body

+𧘇clothing

To unfold or display (展) clothing (衣) by turning it with hands (𠂇), as if spreading it out openly.

fā发

zhǎn展

develop

展开 • zhǎn kāi • develop; spread; unfold • HSK 5

HSK 5

zhǎn展

kāi开

develop; spread; unfold

开展 • kāi zhǎn • develop; launch; unfold • HSK 6

HSK 6

kāi开

zhǎn展

develop; launch; unfold

Display and Exhibition

Words where 展 means to show, exhibit, or display something.

展览 • zhǎn lǎn • put on display; exhibit; show • HSK 5

HSK 5

zhǎn展

lǎn览

put on display; exhibit; show

展示 • zhǎn shì • open up before one's eyes • HSK 6

HSK 6

zhǎn展

shì示

open up before one's eyes

展出 • zhǎn chū • to put on display • HSK 3.0 · L5

HSK 3.0 · L5

zhǎn展

chū出

to put on display

现

unfold before one's eyes; emerge

参展 • cān zhǎn • to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc

HSK 3.0 · L6

cān参

zhǎn展

to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc

展望 • zhǎn wàng • look into the distance

HSK 6

zhǎn展

wàng望

look into the distance

扩展 • kuò zhǎn • to extend

HSK 3.0 · L6

kuò扩

zhǎn展

to extend

施展 • shī zhǎn • put to good use

HSK 6

shī施

zhǎn展

put to good use

进展 • jìn zhǎn • evolve; make headway

HSK 6

jìn进

zhǎn展

evolve; make headway

开

xīn心

de的

xiào笑

róng容

。

A happy smile showed on her face.

Xiǎo小

niǎo鸟

zhǎn展

chì翅

fēi飞

xiàng向

tiān天

kōng空

。

The little bird spread its wings and flew toward the sky.

wǒ我

men们

xū需

yào要

zhǎn展

kāi开

xīn新

de的

shì市

chǎng场

diào调

chá查

。

We need to launch a new market research.

zhè这

ge个

zhōu周

mò末

wǒ我

men们

qù去

cān参

guān观

yì艺

shù术

zhǎn展

lǎn览

。

We are going to visit an art exhibition this weekend.

zhè这

zuò座

chéng城

shì市

jīng经

jì济

fā发

zhǎn展

hěn很

kuài快

。

This city's economic development is very fast.

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Characters pronounced "zhan".

詹zhānsurname; talk too much, verbose
沾zhānto moisten, to be stained with
栈zhànwarehouse; tavern, inn
毡zhānfelt; rug, carpet
瞻zhānto look at or into the distance
占zhànto occupy

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "尸".

尹yinYin (a Chinese surname)
屡lǚrepeatedly, time and again
局júoffice, bureau, situation, part
屑xièscraps; crumbs
屈qūto bend, to submit, or to be wronged
属shǔto belong to; category; to be under

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