Chinese Character Wiki
倉

cāng

granary

Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components
合 iconic component

合  Iconic component

hé, gě

  

to join

戶 iconic component

戶  Iconic component

hù

  

door

Evolution

倉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
倉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

仓 (倉) 

cāng

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

Most common words with 倉
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)

艙 傖

Sound component in 12 characters (3 verified)

創 槍 搶 蒼 艙 滄 瘡 蹌 嗆 愴 戧 鶬

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s.r̥]ˤaŋ

tshang

cāng

tshang-kaeng 'oriole'

*tsʰˤaŋ

tshang

cāng

granary


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 10.7480% of movies

1784th most common character in movies

1882nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

仓

Unicode

U+5009

Shuowen

“倉，穀藏也，倉黃取而藏之，故謂之倉。从食省，口象倉形。仺，奇字倉。”


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