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The character "张", originating from its traditional form "張", is structurally composed of the radical "弓" for bow and the component "長" serving both phonetic and semantic purposes related to length, initially representing the physical act of drawing a bow to its full extension. This literal sense of applying tension to create expansion naturally led to a wider range of abstract and figurative meanings, including to open, to spread out, or to set forth, while also becoming established as a common surname, demonstrating how its core idea of extension has been consistently preserved and adapted through linguistic usage over centuries.
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张开你的嘴巴。
这里有一张桌子。
张老师教我们数学。
他紧张地等待着结果。
请你帮我张贴这张海报。
张华打算扩张他的生意。
这张地图上的标记很夸张。
在紧张的工作之后，他需要舒张一下神经。