帳 meaning and stroke order
Tent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account
How to write 帳, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 帳
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) curtain; tent; canopy
- variant of 賬|账[zhang4]
How 帳 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Curtain.
巾 gives the meaning and 長 hints at the sound.
Radical: 巾 (cloth), shared by 53 characters on this site.
How to remember 帳
帳 combines 巾 (jīn, cloth) with 長 (cháng, long), which gives the sound. Picture a long piece of cloth hanging down to make a curtain or tent.
帳 is a bound form, so it appears inside words like 帳篷 (zhàngpeng, tent) and 蚊帳 (wénzhàng, mosquito net). It is also used as a variant of 賬 (zhàng) for accounts and bills, as in 結帳 (jiézhàng, to pay the bill). Example: 我們今晚睡在帳篷裡。(Wǒmen jīnwǎn shuì zài zhàngpeng lǐ.) We are sleeping in a tent tonight.
Common mistake: Learners mix up 帳 with 賬 (zhàng), the same sound written with 貝 (money) instead of 巾 (cloth). Both are accepted in money words, but only 帳 means tent or curtain, so never write 賬篷.
Common words with 帳
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 帳篷 | zhàngpeng | tent | HSK 7-9 |
| 蚊帳 | wénzhàng | mosquito net | HSK 7-9 |
| 帳子 | zhàngzi | mosquito net | HSK 7-9 |
| 帳戶 | zhànghù | variant of 賬戶|账户[zhang4 hu4] | |
| 帳單 | zhàngdān | variant of 賬單|账单[zhang4 dan1] | |
| 結帳 | jiézhàng | variant of 結賬|结账[jie2 zhang4] | |
| 帳號 | zhànghào | variant of 賬號|账号[zhang4 hao4] | |
| 帳簿 | zhàngbù | variant of 賬簿|账簿[zhang4 bu4] | |
| 帳目 | zhàngmù | variant of 賬目|账目[zhang4 mu4] |
Questions about 帳
How many strokes are in 帳?
帳 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 帳 mean?
帳 (zhàng) means tent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account. A common word with it is 帐篷 (zhàngpeng), meaning "tent".
How do you pronounce 帳?
帳 is pronounced zhàng, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 帳?
The radical of 帳 is 巾, which carries the idea of "cloth". Dictionaries list 帳 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 帳?
帳 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 帐, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is it wrong to write 帳戶 instead of 賬戶 for a bank account?
No, 帳戶 is listed as a variant of 賬戶, and you will see both. The 賬 form with 貝 is often treated as the standard choice for money meanings, while 帳 is used freely for these words too.
Why is 長 in this character pronounced zhàng and not cháng?
長 is only the sound component here, and it has more than one reading itself, including zhǎng. The whole character 帳 is read zhàng in the fourth tone in all its common words.