涨

漲
zhàng
#1,801 most
frequent character
to swell, to distend

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

涨 links 氵 water with 张 zhāng, which is both sound and meaning part, with a tone difference. Its first sense was 'rising water', which grew to 'to rise', as of prices or rivers. Read zhàng, it means 'to swell, bloat'.

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Homophones

账zhàng
account, debt
丈zhàng
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
仗zhàng
weaponry, to hold (a weapon)
障zhàng
to block, to hinder, to obstruct

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