Dong Chinese dictionary

cāng

blue

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蒼.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

仓 Sound component

cāng

granary

Evolution

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

cāng

blue; green; dark blue; deep green; ash-gray

Cāng

surname Cang

Most common words with 苍

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