Chinese Character Wiki
仓

cāng

granary

Simplified form of 倉. Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components
合 iconic,simplified component

合  Iconic Simplified component

hé, gě

  

to join

戶 iconic,simplified component

戶  Iconic Simplified component

hù

  

door

Evolution

仓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
仓 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
仓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
仓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
仓 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
仓 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

仓 (倉) 

cāng

granary; berth; sea; barn; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)

Most common words with 仓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

仓

barn

仓库

depot

谷仓

barn

仓促

hurriedly

仓储

to store in a warehouse

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

舱 伧

Sound component in 14 characters (3 verified)

创 枪 抢 苍 舱 沧 疮 跄 呛 怆 炝 伧 戗 鸧

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 10.7480% of movies

1784th most common character in movies

1882nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

倉

Unicode

U+4ED3


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