U+5F20 "张" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
张
U+5F20 "张" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a common Chinese character that functions as both a surname and a verb, primarily meaning "to open up," "to stretch," or "to spread out." Its structure combines the radical "弓" (bow) on the left, which hints at the action of drawing a bowstring, and the right side "长" (long), which contributes to the phonetic component and also conveys the idea of extension. In modern usage, "张" appears in everyday words such as "紧张" (nervous or tense, literally "tightly stretched") and "张开" (to open or spread apart), and as a surname it is one of the most prevalent in China, shared by millions of people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5F20 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 张 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 张 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBC 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5F20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005F20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5f20 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273D47 |
| kCangjie | NPO |
| kCantonese | zoeng1 |
| kDefinition | stretch, extend, expand; sheet |
| kEACC | 273D47 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1223 |
| kGB0 | 5337 |
| kHanYu | 20992.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhāng(785) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20992.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0357.211 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5545 |
| kTGH | 2013:909 |
| kKangXi | 0357.211 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1728 |
| kMandarin | zhāng |
| kRSUnicode | 57.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 207.07 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 465.160:zhāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "張" U+5F35 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1455.060:zhāng |