長

장 Hanja 長 in 57 Korean words

read 장 음57 words 낱말from TOPIK 1 1급 10 more read 장 동음

長 is read 장 and builds 57 of the Korean words on this site — 장관 (minister), 회장 (president, chairperson) and 성장 (growth) among them. Every one is below, with the character marked inside its spelling; each links to the word's full entry.

앞As the first character — 11 words

장관 長官 minister TOPIK 4 장점 長點 advantage, strength, merit TOPIK 3 장기 長期 long term TOPIK 5 장남 長男 eldest son TOPIK 4 장기적 長期的 long-term TOPIK 4 장기간 長期間 for a long period TOPIK 4 장화 長靴 boots TOPIK 6 장편 長篇 long-form work Common 장로 長老 elder Common 장거리 長距離 long distance TOPIK 6 장시간 長時間 (the long haul TOPIK 5

뒤As the last character — 45 words

회장 會長 president, chairperson TOPIK 3 성장 成長 growth TOPIK 4 교장 校長 principal TOPIK 4 사장 社長 company president TOPIK 2 위원장 委員長 chairman of a committee TOPIK 5 의장 議長 chairperson TOPIK 2 총장 總長 university president TOPIK 5 선장 船長 sea captain TOPIK 5 반장 班長 class monitor TOPIK 4 과장 課長 section manager TOPIK 3 부장 部長 head of department TOPIK 2 차장 次長 deputy head, second-in-command TOPIK 5 원장 院長 director TOPIK 5 가장 家長 head of a family TOPIK 1 부회장 副會長 vice-chairman TOPIK 5 이사장 理事長 chairman of the board TOPIK 5 병장 兵長 sergeant TOPIK 5 실장 室長 head of an office TOPIK 4 전장 全長 entire length TOPIK 6 사무총장 事務總長 secretary general TOPIK 6 국장 局長 bureau chief TOPIK 6 군장 君長 march TOPIK 6 시장 市長 mayor TOPIK 1 연장 延長 extension, prolongation TOPIK 3 소장 所長 head of an institute TOPIK 5 수장 首長 head, chief TOPIK 6 부사장 副社長 subprincipal TOPIK 6 훈장 訓長 village teacher TOPIK 6 파장 波長 wavelength TOPIK 6 행장 行長 traveling outfit, traveling equipment Common 청장 廳長 commissioner Common 주방장 廚房長 chef TOPIK 5 재판장 裁判長 chief justice Common 사무장 事務長 purser Common 단장 團長 meaning: you are very, very sad Common 추장 酋長 chieftain, tribal chief Common 공장장 工場長 plant manager, factory manager, factory owner, supervisor, general manager Common 서기장 書記長 general secretary, secretary-general Common 학장 學長 the president, the provost Common 부위원장 副委員長 the vice 위원장 Common 본부장 本部長 main office head honcho Common 계장 係長 a section/division chief Common 부대장 部隊長 commanding officer Common 은행장 銀行長 chairman Common 제사장 祭司長 high priest Common

가운데In the middle — 1 word

성장하다 成長- to grow, to grow up TOPIK 4

같은 소리, 다른 글자10 other characters are also read 장

Hangul spells all of them 장. This is where Korean's homophones come from, and telling them apart is what the character is for.

場 장 46 裝 장 12 張 장 11 障 장 10 將 장 8 章 장 7 帳 장 5 粧 장 4 醬 장 4 丈 장 4

함께 쓰이는 글자Characters it combines with

The other halves of the words above, each with the commonest word the two build together. Every one is a page of its own.

事 사 이사장 理事長 3 shared words 部 부 부장 部長 3 shared words 期 기 장기 長期 3 shared words 副 부 부회장 副會長 3 shared words 行 행 행장 行長 2 shared words 會 회 회장 會長 2 shared words 成 성 성장 成長 2 shared words 間 간 장기간 長期間 2 shared words 員 원 위원장 委員長 2 shared words 社 사 사장 社長 2 shared words 務 무 사무총장 事務總長 2 shared words 總 총 총장 總長 2 shared words

All 1,087 characters › — or read why hanja is worth an hour if this is the first one you have opened.

Hanja spellings, word meanings and TOPIK grades from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

The reading 장 is derived from the alignment between these words' Hangul and their hanja spellings, not taken from a character dictionary — which is also why no 훈 is shown.