Taxonomy of meanings for 張:　　

  • zhāng (OC: krlaŋ MC: ʈiɐŋ) 陟良切 平 廣韻：【張施也又姓出清河南陽吴郡安定燉煌武烕范陽犍爲沛國梁國中山汲郡河内髙平十四望本自軒轅第五子揮始造弦寔張網羅丗掌其職後因氏焉風俗傳云張王李趙黄帝賜姓也陟良切四 】
  • STRETCH OUT
    • vt(oN)spread out the contextually determinate object (net etc)
    • vtoNpull (a bow); stretch, spread
    • vtoNmiddlevoicebe stretched outCH
    • vtoNfigurativestrech, spread (an abstract object)LZ
    • oneself to see> LOOK
      • viactSHUIHUZHUAN: strain to see/look (compare 張望)
    • resultative:stretched> LONG
      • vadNtightened??
      • viextended; broad
      • vtoNpull (bow), tighten see STRETCH
    • psychological> TENSE
      • figurative: “strengthen”> STRONG
        • vtoNstrengthen vtoN@causative
        • figurative> EXAGGERATE
          • vtoNmagnify; exaggerate
        • figurative: expansive> CONFIDENT
          • viFEEL EXTENDED/EXPANSIVE> feel confident
          • vtoNcausativeCAUSE TO FEEL CONFIDENT> increase (someone's) confidence
        • verbal: put strings on> STRING
            • so as to harmonise> TUNE
              • vtoNtune (a string instrument)
              • generalised> ARRANGE
                • vtoNlay out, arrange in order; set forth
                • discontinuous> SCATTER
                  • so as to use> DEPLOY
                    • vtoNdeploy and line up (typically army); lay on (a drinking party); set up (a tent)
                    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
                    • vtoNmiddle voicebe properly lined up and displayed
                    • vtoNN=abstractdeploy (one's courage etc)CH
                • of bows> BEND
                  • vtoNbend (a bow); string (a bow)
                • of eyes> OPEN
                  • vtoNopen
                  • viprocessbecome openCH
            • zhāng CONSTELLATION
              • none of the 28 lunar lodgings: "EXTENSION"
        • zhàng (OC: krlaŋs MC: ʈiɐŋ) 知亮切 去 廣韻：【張施又陟良切 】
          • what is stretched out1> TENT
            • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifierclassifier for tents
            • what is stretched out2> NET
              • nnet for hunting (ZHOULI)
              • action> catch using a net> CATCH
                • vtoNcatch (fish etc) by spreading a net GONGYANGZHUAN: 白金之魚公張之 "The duke caught the white gold fish"
                • monetary figurative catch?> PROFIT
                  • vtoNcause to expand> benefit, work for
          • =脹 SWELL
            • vichangeto swell; expand; bloated
            • vadNswelling; swollen
            • viprocessswell
        • zhàng【cannot for some reason be removed! Identical with the above】> SWELL
          • vichangeto swell; expand; bloated
          • vadNswelling; swollen
          • viprocessswell

          Additional information about 張

          說文解字: 【張】，施弓弦也。从弓、長聲。 【陟良切】

            Criteria
          • NET

            1. The most general term for a net is probably wǎng 网 (originally specifically a fishing net) and gǔ 罟, (originally also specifically a fishing net). It seems that both terms referred originally not only to the fishing net, but to a net in general; already in bone inscriptions and then in SHIJING wǎng 网 is mentioned like a net used to catch animals.

            2. Luó 羅, wǎng 罔／網, bì 畢, fú 罘, and jū 罝 (small) are current words for bird nets which can also be used to catch small animals like hares. [Bì 畢 was probably of Y-like shape, and consisted of small net and long handle. The word wǎng 罔／網 is probably only archaic variant of wǎng 网. In SHIJING, the word is used also for a fish net. Fú 罘 can be also used to catch large animals like deers.

            3. Zēng 罾, gū 罛, yù 罭 are current names for fish nets.

            4. Hǎn 罕 refers to a small bird net with long handle; perhaps it refers to the same implement like bì 畢.

            5. Zhāng 張 is usually a verb meaning 'to catch (birds or animals) with a net', but it can also refer to a net for hunting.

            6. Weì 罻 refers to a small net for catching birds.

            7. Chōng 罿 refers to a small bird net.

            8. Juàn 罥 refers to a bird net.

            9. Fú CHARACTER??? is a mechanism used to catch birds or animals. It was perhaps a carriage with two shafts, among which was spread a net. Mentioned already in SHIJING. [HUANG 1995: 448 - 449; XIANG 1997: 163]

          • LONG

            1. The dominant general term for length is cháng 長 (ant. duǎn 短 "short").

            2. Xiū 修 / 脩 is Chu dialect for "long". The word is often used as a taboo equivalent for cháng 長 when the latter has to be avoided because it is the name of an emperor.

            3. Zhāng 張 (ant. suō 縮 "shortened") refers to something that is longer than expected or longer than it was before.

            4. Yōu 悠 can occasionally refer to something being long so as to take a long time to pass through. See ENDURING

            5. Màn màn 漫漫 refers to something having a long horizontal extension. See ENDURING

          • DEPLOY

            1. The current general word for deploying troops is chén 陳 which connotes arrangement of things in ordered formations, and the more general yòng 用.

            2. Zhāng 張 emphasises the spreading out of the troops.

            3. Cuò 錯 / 措 emphasises the putting in place of the troops.

            Word relations
          • Ant: (STRETCH OUT)弛/LOOSEN
          • Ant: (LONG)約/RESTRAIN The current general word for restraining something or someone is yuē 約 (ant. zòng 縱 "give free rein to").
          • Oppos: (STRETCH OUT)約/RESTRAIN The current general word for restraining something or someone is yuē 約 (ant. zòng 縱 "give free rein to").