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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- cang2
- English meanings
- lay by, concealment, conceal, hide, store
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 艹; bottom 臧.
Meaning & sound clues
艹 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “grass”.
臧 is identified as the sound component (zāng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 藏.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
storehouse; granary
blue; vast
vast blue; cold
cabin
grey; vast
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 埋藏
- 宝藏
- 捉迷藏
- 收藏
- 珍藏
- 矿藏
- 蕴藏
- 藏匿
- 藏品
- 藏身
- 贮藏
- 躲藏
- 隐藏