涨

zhǎng

to rise (of prices, rivers)

water (氵) + 张 = to rise, as water swells

The water radical drives the meaning: water levels and prices both swell and rise. 张 contributes the sound zhǎng and doesn't carry the semantic weight here.

氵+张→涨
张To stretchPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

最近菜价涨了很多。

zuì jìn cài jià zhǎng le hěn duō。

Vegetable prices have risen a lot recently.

下雨后,河里的水位涨得很快。

xià yǔ hòu, hé lǐ de shuǐ wèi zhǎng de hěn kuài。

After the rain, the water level in the river rose very quickly.

Words with 涨

暴涨

bào zhǎng

to increase sharply

涨价

zhǎng jià

to appreciate (in value)

水涨船高

shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo

the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend

头昏脑涨

tóu hūn nǎo zhàng

variant of 頭昏腦脹|头昏脑胀[tou2 hun1 nao3 zhang4]

头晕脑涨

tóu yūn nǎo zhàng

variant of 頭暈腦脹|头晕脑胀[tou2 yun1 nao3 zhang4]

飙涨

biāo zhǎng

(of prices) to skyrocket; to soar

飞涨

fēi zhǎng

soaring inflation

高涨

gāo zhǎng

to surge up

上涨

shàng zhǎng

to rise

冻涨

dòng zhǎng

to freeze (prices, fees etc) (Tw)

涨停

zhǎng tíng

(of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit (resulting in a temporary halt in trading of the stock)

涨到

zhǎng dào

to go up

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