藏

See also 蔵

Translingual

shinjitai	蔵
simplified	藏
traditional	藏

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 臧 – to store up (hoard) grass (for livestock).

Han character

藏 (radical 140 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈一尸 (TIMS), four-corner 4425₃)

1. hide, conceal
2. hoard, store up
3. Tibet, monosyllabic name of Tibet (西藏)

Derived characters

• 臟

Descendants

• 蔵

References

• KangXi: page 1064, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32264
• Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3311, character 11
• Unihan data for U+85CF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

藏 (Yale chong4, jong6)

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Japanese

Kanji

藏

Readings

• On: ぞう (zō), そう (sō)
• Kun: くら (kura), -ぐら (-gura), かくれる (kakureru), おさめる (osameru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

藏 (pinyin cáng (cang2), zàng (zang4), Wade-Giles ts'ang², tsang⁴)

Compounds

• cáng
  • 藏不住
  • 藏躲
  • 藏垢纳污
  • 藏奸
  • 藏龙卧虎
  • 藏猫儿
  • 藏闷儿
  • 藏匿
  • 藏品
  • 藏身
  • 藏书
  • 藏书票
  • 藏头露尾
  • 藏蓄
  • 藏掩
  • 藏掖, 藏掖儿
  • 藏拙
  • 藏踪
• zàng
  • 藏蓝
  • 藏历
  • 藏青
  • 藏文
  • 藏香
  • 藏医
  • 藏语
  • 藏族

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Vietnamese

Han character

藏 (tàng, tạng)