3.06Usage: ++

丈 zhàng

1. Ten feet (about 3.3 meters)

一落千丈 (yī luò qiān zhàng) Suffer a decline / Plunge Literal. One drop of a thousand feet
万丈光芒 (wàn zhàng guāng máng) Light rays / Starburst Literal. Ten thousand brilliant rays

2. Man (senior position in the family)

丈人 (zhàng rén) Wife's father, also known as 岳父 (yuè fù)
丈母娘 (zhàng mǔ niáng) Wife's mother, also known as 岳母 (yuè mǔ)
丈夫 (zhàng fū) Husband, also known as 老公 (lǎo gōng)

+ SIMILAR CHARACTERS +

亻 Human Radical + 丈 = 仗 (zhàng) War

木 Wood Radical + 丈 = 杖 (zhàng) Cane / Walking stick