臧

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 戕 + 臣

Han character

臧 (radical 131 臣+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈一尸中中 (IMSLL), four-corner 2325₀)

1. good, right, generous
2. command

Derived characters

• 藏 臟 贓

Descendants

• 庄 (Simplification used in 赃)

References

• KangXi: page 999, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30083
• Dae Jaweon: page 1451, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1410, character 11
• Unihan data for U+81E7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

臧 (Yale jong1)

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Japanese

Kanji

臧

Readings

• On: ぞう (zō)
• Kun: よい (yoi), あつい (atsui), おさめる (osameru)

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Korean

Hanja

臧 (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

臧 (pinyin záng (zang2), Wade-Giles tsang²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臧 (tang, tàng)